A farmer had a very valuable cow. He took very good care of this cow
and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.
  “What’s the problem?” the vet asked him when he arrived.
  “My cow’s very sick,” the farmer said. “I don’t know what’s the matter with
her. She’s lying down and won’t stand up. She won’t eat, and she’s making

a strange noise.”
  The vet looked at the cow.
  “She’s certainly sick,” he said, “and she needs to take
some very strong medicine.”
  He took a bottle out of his case, and put two pills into his hand.
  “Give her these,” he said. “They should make her better.”
  “How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.
  The vet gave him a long tube.
  “Put this tube in her mouth,” he said, “then put the pills in
the tube and blow. That’ll make her swallow them.”

  The vet went away.
  The next day he came to the farm again. The farmer was
sitting outside his house looking very miserable.
  “How’s your cow?” the vet asked.
  “No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange
myself.”
  “Oh?” the vet said. “Why?”
  “I did what you said,” the farmer explained. “I put the tube
in the cow’s mouth and then put two pills down it.”
  “And?” the vet asked.
  “The cow blew first,” the farmer said.

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  农夫有一头很珍贵的母牛。他精心照顾着这头母牛，一天，这头母牛生
病了，他非常着急，就给兽医打电话。
  兽医赶到时，问他：“出什么事了？”
  “牛病了，”农夫说，“我不知道她怎么啦。她总躺着，不起来，也不
吃东西，还发出奇怪的声音。”
  兽医给母牛做了检查。
  “她一定是病了，”他说，“需要吃些特效药。”
  他从医药箱里拿出一瓶药，倒出两粒给农夫。
  “给她吃这些药，”他说，“吃完就好了。”
  “我怎么喂她吃呢？”农夫问。
  兽医拿出一根长试管。
  “把这根试管放进她嘴里，”他说，“然后把药放进试管里，一吹就可
以让牛把药咽进去了。”
  兽医离开了。
  第二天兽医又来到农场。农夫坐在门外，看上去很难受。
  “牛怎样呢？”兽医问。
  “没变化，”农夫说，“倒是我现在觉得怪怪的。”
  “哦？”兽医不解地问，“为什么？”
  “我按你说的做了，”农夫解释说，“我把试管放进牛的嘴里，然后把
两粒药也放进去啦。”
  “然后呢？”兽医问。
  “牛先吹了。”农夫说。