Saturday, March 31, 2007

Beatrix Potter has a lot to answer for

This morning I overheard the following conversation between a small boy and his mother at Riverdale Farm:

Boy, coming up to the cow pen: And does this animal talk?

Mum, exhaustedly: No, this one doesn't talk.

Boy, incredulous: It doesn't? This one doesn't talk either? What kind of a farm is this?

Mum, resigned: It's not that kind of farm.

1 comment:

Robyn said...

Ha! But it's probably a good thing; can you imagine what kinds of things cows would want to talk about?