UNCLE GARLAND HAD LOTS OF ANIMALS. HE ALSO GREW SUGAR CANE AND MADE AND SOLD MOLASSES. BUT, HIS FAVORITE ANIMAL WAS HOW COW. SHE WAS ABOUT THE SMARTEST COW AROUND. SHE ALWAYS MET UNCLE GARLARD AT THE GATE AND WOULD GIVE HIM A NUDGE AS HE PASSED BY. IT WAS HOW’S WAY OF SAYING HOWDI.
SHE FOLLOWED UNCLE GARLAND EVERYPLACE HE WENT. AND, WHEN I VISITED THE FARM, SHE WAS MY FRIEND TOO. IN FACT, UNCLE GARLAND WOULD LET ME RIDE HOW COW GOING OUT TO THE PASTURE. HOW COW JUST WALKED SLOWLY, BUMPING MY BEHIND UP AND DOWN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WHENEVER I GOT OFF HOW COW, I WOULD RUB HER NOSE AND GIVE HER A BIG HUG. HOW COW WOULD LET OUT A LOUD MOO, SHOWING HER AFFECTION.
HOW COW LOVED FOR ME TO RUB HER DOWN WITH THE BRUSH. I WOULD RUB HER BACK, HER NECK, EVERYWHERE. SHE LOVED HAVING HER NECK RUBBED WITH THE BRUSH. AS I RUBBED, I GATHERED LOOSE HAIR. THEN, I WOULD HAVE TO CLEAN THE BRUSH AND RUB SOME MORE. HOW WOULD STAND STILL ENJOYING THE MASSAGE SHE WAS RECEIVING.
HOW LOVED DRY CORN ON THE COB. FOR A TREAT, I WOULD CARRY A COB OF CORN IN MY POCKET. SHE SOON KNEW WHEN I HAD A CORN COB IN MY POCKET. SHE WOULD TRY TO GET IT OUT OF MY POCKET. SHE JUST COULD NOT STAND IT UNTIL I FINALLY GAVE HER THE CORN.
EVERY SUMMER I WOULD GO TO UNCLE GARLANDS FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS. GUESS WHO WAS ALWAYS WAITING AT THE GARDEN GATE WITH A WELCOMING MOO! MOO! MOO! YELP! HOW COW’S TAIL WOULD BE SWISHING AND TWISTING WITH A WELCOMING FOR HER LITTLE FRIEND. “ME”!