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left home. But he still kept about a
dozen young heifers.
The night we arrived, he came to
talk to me. “Daris,” he said, “the
heifers were all bred about the same
time, and if my calculations are
correct, I think they should be calving
anytime. Would you mind checking
on them for me tomorrow?”
I told him I would, and the next
morning right after breakfast, I
walked out to the pasture. I hadn’t
gone very far when I came across one
of the heifers. She was lying on her
side trying to birth a calf, but it was
stuck. As I approached her, even in
her extreme pain, she rose to her feet
