Blame the Cows!

     Once upon a time there was a nice well-run farm. The cows in the field ate the grass and made the milk for the farmer. The grass in the pasture grew tall, went to seed, and then gave sprout to new grass and bigger pastures.  The big pastures gave a place for the mice to hide.  The cats on the farm ran around the pastures and ate the field mice that ate the grass seeds so there was always just enough of everything for everyone.  This allowed the pastures, cats, mice and cows to stay healthy, competitive and the farm to prosper.

     The farmer passed away and the kids had to sell it off to pay the estate taxes.  Farmer Billary buys up the farm using some money his wife won in cattle futures.  His wife sees some cute little kittens in the backyard.  The mother cat is out in the fields chasing mice.  She puts out a bowl of milk for the poor kittens whose mother is out in the fields chasing mice.

     Time passes... Guess what! More and more kittens and cats start to show up at Billary's back door -- even Mommy and Daddy Cats. Pretty soon Billary's backyard is full of cats and empty milk bottles.  Billary and his wife are so busy milking the cows to feed the cats they only have a passing thought that the cats are not out in the fields anymore.  No big deal -- Billary feels the cows can fend for themselves.

     He does notice that the pastures start to get a little thin so Billary runs down and uses his trusty credit card to buy some grass seed to grow more pasture.  But the mice are running everywhere. They get into the sacks of pasture seed Billary bought to reseed the pasture.  The cows, lacking for grass to eat to make milk, start to run out of milk to support the cats hanging around in the back yard.  Billary's backyard is full of empty milk bottles and whinning hungry kittens and cats.

      Of course, this is all somehow the fault of the cows.  What is wrong with those cows anyway? Don't they have any compassion for the poor starving kittens?  

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