where’s my cow

Where’s My Cow?

By: Terry Pratchett

Officer Sam read a book to his son, Young Sam.The story went like this:

Where’s my cow? Is that my cow? It goes, Baa! It is a sheep! That’s not my cow!

Baa

Is that my cow? It goes, Cluck! It is a chicken! That’s not my cow!Officer Sam thought, You’d have to be pretty silly to mix up a

chicken and a cow!But he went on:

Cluck

Is that my cow? It goes, Hruugh! It is a hippopotamus!

That’s not my cow!

Hruugh

This time Officer Sam had had enough. He said to Young Sam, “This is no way to find your cow! If you lose your cow, you

should report it to the police.”

?

“If it has been impersonating other animals, it may be arrested.”

Then Officer Sam thought, Why is Young Sam’s book full of farm animals, anyway? He lives in a city. He will only see them on a

plate. They go sizzle!

Sizzle!

So Officer Sam made up his own story about the city.It went like this:

Where’s my daddy? Is that daddy?He says, “Got booze?” He is a drunk!

That’s not my daddy!

Is that my daddy?He says, “The end is near!” He is a crazy street preacher!

That’s not my daddy!

Is that my daddy?He says, “Can you find the queen?” He is a street hustler!

That’s not my daddy!

Is that my daddy? He says, “Stop in the name of the law!”

That’s my daddy!