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3. Jerry the calf munched on the grass in the field. It was really
yummy, but sometimes he wished he had something else to eat. He lived
in the pasture on a farm, and it was really fun with all the other calves,
but it was only a little space. Jerry wished he could go outside of the
pasture, but his parents, Mama Cow and P
apa Cow, wouldn’t let him go
anywhere near the fence. Mama Cow called it “sparkly”, but Jerry didn’t
know what that meant. He just didn’t go near the fence
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4. He and the other calves loved to run around the pasture chasing each
other. They loved to eat, even though it did get boring after a while.
When they got tired of the taste, they had farting contests. Bobby
usually won those. His farts were always the loudest and smelled the
worst.
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5. One rainy day, Bobby decided to go on a walk for a while.
He was
gone most of the day, and he came back so excited that all of the
other calves ran over to him immediately, curious.
“Guys, you see those red flowers?”, Bobby said. “They taste really
good and make you feel amazing!
try some!”
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There’s a big patch over there, come
6. It was close to night time, but the calves didn’t care, even though
they were supposed to be sleeping. All of them followed.
Jerry was so
excited to have a new food to eat, he was one of the first to the
patch. They all munched happily away for a long time.
Bobby was right: the flowers did taste very good.
Jerry feel so amazing he was a little worried.
feel that good.
In fact, they made
It didn’t seem natural to
He seemed to be the only one who felt that way
though. The other calves were running around with excitement.
“I feel so good I think I could jump over the moon!”, one of them
exclaimed.
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7. It was almost day again when Jerry realized he was full, and decided
to take a break.
Almost immediately he started to feel hungry and sick.
He ate another flower, and the feeling went away, replaced with the
amazing feeling he had had before.
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8. The next morning, he talked it over with Mama Cow and P
apa Cow.
“I’m scared, Mama.”
“It’s OK, honey, I understand.
eating the flowers.
I think you made the right decision on not
T
ry not to do it, it could end up badly.
That queasy
feeling you talked about gets me worried.”
“You made a very mature decision, Jerry.”, P
apa Cow added.
mother and I will talk to all the other cows about it tomorrow.”
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“Your
9. The other calves seemed to be having so much fun eating the
flowers, though.
It was hard for Jerry not to follow them.
They were
having a much better time than him, and Jerry was tired of being alone
all the time. They even teased him for not eating the flowers.
“Think it’s gonna make you sick or something?”, one of them asked, and
they all laughed.
“Have fun by yourself!”, Bobby said. “Come on guys, let’s get away from
this loser.” They all went away, going back to the flower patch.
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10. But things quickly got worse.
The other calves’ parents were
complaining that they didn’t get to see their kids at all.
at the flower patch, never anywhere else.
They were always
They didn’t even come back
to sleep at night, but spent all of their time, rain or shine, eating flowers.
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11. Then, Jerry realized that, when he went to visit them, they were
acting weird.
They were limping from one flower to the other, and were
not interested in Jerry at all.
and bored tone.
next flower.
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When they did talk to him, it was in a slow
Most of the time, they just ignored him, focused on the
12. There was something else too: they were running out of flowers.
There were only 50 or so left when Jerry visited that time.
only last the hungry calves a day or so.
That would
Jerry wondered what would
happen when there were no more flowers. Probably nothing good.
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13. His question was answered the next day.
The calves staggered back
to the cows’ favorite sleeping place the next day.
They looked like they
had been in a fight.
“What happened?” , one of their mothers asked, worriedly.
“No more flowers.” Bobby said. “Do you know of more?”
“But why are you hurt?”
“Last flower. Want more.” , another calf answered.
“Want . . . more . . . now.”
The calves staggered off again.
Something was very, very wrong.
Jerry followed to see if he could do anything.
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14. All of the sudden, there were screams of delight from the crowd of
calves. They had found more flowers.
But there was a catch: the flowers were outside the fence.
The
calves didn’t even pause, but ran toward the fence.
“Guys, no!
The fence is sparkly!
Jerry yelled at them.
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It will hurt you if you touch it!” ,
15. But it was no good.
Jerry watched in horror as the calves threw
themselves against the fence.
There was a loud “kZAP!” and the calves
jumped back off the fence, smoking.
The adult cows rushed to their children.
Thankfully, they were alright.
In fact, some of them seemed to be coming to their senses.
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16. “Why in the world did I do that?” , Bobby said, worried.
be so stupid?
“How could I
Mama Cow and P
apa Cow have told me not to go near
the fence, but I still did it!”
“It was those flowers!” , another said.
“It didn’t feel right, but I couldn’t
stop myself from eating more. Look what that did to me!”
“I’ll never eat them ever again!” , Bobby said, and all of the other cows
agreed with him.
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17. “We’re glad you are alright.” , said one of the cows, “We were very,
very worried about you guys for awhile.
T you what, let’s go back and
ell
have some dinner of some nice, sweet, grass. Come on!”
All the calves groaned, but followed their parents, happy to be back.
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