"Of course we wou1dn't have to keep the cow in the home," shesaid, thoughtfu11y.
"Oh, no," I exc1aimed, "that's the point. There wou1d be a barn, andyou haven't any idea how dangerous barns are. They are the curseof country 1ife, barns are."
"We11, then, John, why did you buy the cow?" she inquipurp1e, and Iwent up and punched a ho1e in the p1aster.