It's wouldn't be strange to put “cow”
on one's Christmas list, would it? I mean, that's something a normal
person would do, right?
Just asking for a friend.
One of my big projects this weekend
will be putting together my annual birthday/ Christmas list, alerting
family members as to what they may consider picking up when shopping
for those two events in December. For most of my life, I've included
a few items that I know no one in the world could get me, either
because of cost or because of the laws of physics. But they're
things I'd enjoy. I started off all those years ago with “world
peace” and “my own spaceship”, and about a decade ago I added
“a 25th hour to the day” to the suggestions. And now
I'm wondering about tossing a fourth item onto the list.
One of these--
As I always say, I have NO idea why I
find cows so fascinating, but I do. And by adding it to the flight
of fancy with which I end my annual birthday/Christmas list it just
shows that cows have made the leap up to equality with extra time and
a spaceship. And think of how cool it would be if someone DID get me
a cow. It would be sitting there under the tree on Christmas morning
(or, in our case, because we have a tree that's only two feet high,
more likely ON the Christmas tree), looking at me with those big cow
eyes as my human eyes wept tears of joy. I could then take it for
walks and play with it and watch our very small backyard fill up with
cow droppings in a matter of just a few days.
It would be glorious.
However, much like my yearly requests
for world peace, my own spaceship, and an extra hour to the day, I
realize that my requests for my own cow will go unheeded. And that's
okay, I guess. After all, despite all appearances to the contrary, I
AM mature enough to realize that having a cow as a pet, especially in
one of the most densely packed neighborhood in the city, would not be
a good thing. It wouldn't be fair to our landlords, it wouldn't be
fair to our neighbors, and, I guess, it wouldn't be fair to the cow.
But a boy can dream, right?
Now you know one of the things I'm
doing this weekend. Hope your weekend is just as whimsical!
8-)
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