“Bessie has been here for three weeks. She can read quite get passed the Roadside test. Any ideas?” Cory pulls down the bill of his ball cap. His gaze locked on his baby that won’t leave.
“Ok. We get the tractor over here. I’ll put some straw on the front of it. I’ll go really close so she sees the straw. And she will follow me with her head.” Craig gets all bright eyed. His hands take flight as he shows the tractor and the cow moving.
“That’s the stupidest idea ever…..” Cory snaps his head sideways toward his friend. “But everything else failed.”
Cory stands cross armed watching. An old tractor grumbles. Bessie looks at the noise. As it gets closer, she moves toward the fence. The tractor stats about 12 feet away. Bessie turns her head to watch it go by.
“Go back and do that again! You got her to do it.” Cory yells at Craig.
Craig takes a big swing around. Her head follows. Her drives by again.
Bessie has learned to watch traffic.
Written as part of a challenge called Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers for details, https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/fffaw-challenge-week-of-february-28-2017/
Smart cow.
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Haha cute one. Little steps, baby steps right?
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Yep, one day it will proudly watch traffic on the farm
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Haha 🙂
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Watch traffic. Haha I’m glad she learned it. Nicely Done. 🙂
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Thank you very much.
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Hi, I’m majesticgoldenrose, and I am glad you liked my prompt. Great post, btw! I love how you personify the tractor…. so cool!
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I’ve never seriously given much thought as to how cows learned to watch traffic… now I do!
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Art forms are often mysteries we never realized where there. They have to train in traffic watching, is like synchronized swimming how they move together at the neck. 🙂
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Yes, there is more than one way to teach a cow and I guess they figured it out. Not everyone learns the same way and I guess that goes for cows too! 🙂
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Every animal can learn and teach, but still requires a little attention. Either way, nothing watched traffic like a cow
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They do spend a lot of time watching the world, and traffic, go by! Nice idea 🙂
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First idea is usually best idea.
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Almost as much fun as cow tipping.
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No quite as much. But less things on the shoes this way
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Sounds like two teenagers having fun?
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Well that could be. There is some times extra time on the farm.
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LOL! They are getting Bessie to follow them in the tractor! Good thing she learned how to do it! Great story, Mark!
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She learning to watch traffic. A bovine must have skill. Every time you pass a farm driving they hang out watching traffic. They have to learn somehow. 😉
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You’re right! They have to learn somehow!
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ha ha Bessie …that name always go with the cow…nice story ! to teach animals, pets , cow(here) to watch the traffic 🙂
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I’m from the Midwest originally, I’m pretty sure they train them to watch traffic. They are really good at it. 🙂 I’m not sure if Bessie has been a pertain name in a century, Borden did well franchising that name
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Unusual!
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They have to learn to watch traffic somehow.😉
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