In the allegory of my pet calf, Trouble, it hit home how ridiculous it is to expect a cow to do humanly tasks. No matter how much Trouble might want to help, it would be “udderly” impossible for him to do so (sorry…I couldn’t resist). The Trouble illustration has been good for me because it has revealed how …
The Trouble with Our Trouble
Living the life as a human didn’t solve all of my pet calf’s trouble did it? I loved Trouble. I had raised him with a bottle from a week old. But when my dad wanted to sell him, I wanted desperately to keep him. I decided that giving him a human nature would be the answer to keeping him. …
The Trouble with Trouble, Part 3
Today, I want to revisit my pet calf, Trouble.(If you haven’t read the earlier posting on him, you’d probably ought to do so. Otherwise, you will think I have totally lost it!) What if I’d been able to change Trouble’s cow nature into a human one? Magically reaching down into him and transforming his desire to eat alfalfa into …
The Trouble with Trouble (Part 2)
My pet calf, Trouble, had grown up. And now he would have to be sold. I decided that if I could somehow trade Trouble’s bovine nature with a human one, it would solve the whole dilemma. That way, he could just live with us forever. The next day with puffy, tearful eyes, I went to discuss this option …
The Trouble with Trouble (Part 1)
“We are going to have to bottle feed this calf,” my dad announced. As a farm girl, I was accustomed to hearing my dad talk about our small herd of cattle. But, this was the first time that I had wanted to help out. Something about the calf’s bleating cry and orphaned state truly made my heart go out …