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sold milk, cheese, and the best ice

cream in town. My son enjoyed

learning to make up cheese

sandwiches, cook soup, and create

beautiful ice cream cones. There

were other tasks that weren’t quite as

enjoyable but weren’t too bad. These

included cleaning around the store

and stocking the coolers.

But on days when business was

slow, he was assigned to a job that he

detested. He had to dress up in a cow

costume and stand on a busy street

corner holding a sign advertising the

business. This was almost always

done in the summer when the ice

cream created an irresistible draw, but