The Peterkin papers by Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody) Hale
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"That is true; and of course Mr. Bromwick must have known there was feed enough for one cow." "And the reason you didn't let him have it," said Solomon John, "was that Elizabeth Eliza was afraid of cows." "I did not like the idea," said Elizabeth Eliza, "of their cow's looking at me over the top of the fence, perhaps, when I should be planting the sweet peas in the garden. I hope our cow would be a quiet one. I should not like her jumping over the fence into the flower-beds." Mr. Peterkin declared that he should buy a cow of the quietest kind. "I should think something might be done about covering her horns," said Mrs. Peterkin; "that seems the most dangerous part. Perhaps they might be padded with cotton." Elizabeth Eliza said cows were built so large and clumsy, that if they came at you they could not help knocking you over. The little boys would prefer having the pasture a great way off. Half the fun of having a cow would be going up on the hills after her. Agamemnon thought the feed was not so good on the hills. |
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