I'm back! This is another tale about life in Australia.
I didn't actually witness this episode but was told the story after the fact when I was 'Down Under' between November & December 2011.
There is a farm owned by, let's call him Reddy, and Reddy's farm grows and sells turf. One side of his property runs alongside a newly-built road and on that side of the property he placed two wooden cut-outs of cows, one pink and the other yellow. Although I can't tell you why he decided on pink and yellow, I can only guess that it's a marketing strategy to draw attention to his farm and the business he's into. Since it was nearing Christmas, Reddy decorated each wooden cow with red and green streamers which shimmer and gleam when sunlight or headlights hits them.
Anyhow, a neighbour, let's call him Mr K, has a few cows and calves of his own. Mr K happens to be a close friend of Farm Stud. For the longest time, Farm Stud had been urging Mr K to get his fences fixed with three strands of wire instead of the exisiting one strand. Too late!
Mr K's two cows decided they needed a change of scenery so they 'climbed' Mr K's fence and wandered onto Reddy's property. They decided that the pink & yellow cows were a threat and went ahead to attack, streamers and all!
In the meantime, Mr K, who noticed his cows went AWOL, hurriedly goes after his possessions and starts calling out to them. He must have forgotten that farm animals, generally, do not come when they're called.
Mr K seeks the help of Reddy and old man Reddy gets on his Harley, like a true champion, to help out a neighbour in trouble by using it to herd it home. The Harley wouldn't start! He leaves his Harley and runs to where the action is. You can imagine the ruckus that these farmers and the live cows created!
They had to seek the help of another neighbour and managed to herd these two runaway cows safely home!
When Farm Stud and I drove past after the incident, it appeared that the pink and yellow moo-moos were unscathed! Thankfully it all ended well.
It was hilarious enough listening to the story! I would have been a 'rolling-around-on-the-ground' and tear-smeared bystander if I actually witnessed it!
See, I did say that there's never a dull moment in Australia!
