Don’t worry – this is not going to become a neverending series. It’s just that today’s incident was so funny.
An old friend of ours, who has a farm nearby, rang up the other day to see if Ming might be available for some odd jobs. Ming said yes so yesterday he had to drive a tractor (which he’s never done before but he learned fast) and today he was asked to come and help a cow who had just delivered a calf.
I think Ming might have anticipated patting the cow on the head or something but when he got back home after around two hours, he seemed a little shaken.
Apparently, the cow was unable to deliver the afterbirth, so Ming was told to reach inside and pull it out. So he did.
The cow is fine, the farmer is happy and Ming doesn’t want any lunch!
Poor Ming!!
Nothing like the deepend!
ha ha ha 🙂
He was a bit shocked!
I can imagine!
I know the feeling!
Aha!
Poor Ming, indeed! Reminds me of the time my So was watching me deliver kittens, and turned a little pale around the edges when I cut an umbilical cord and cleaned up the placenta, etc. He said to me, “But you make me kill spiders for you!”
My response to him was I had never been bitten by an umbilical cord. Birth is a bloody, messy, and miraculous thing–and we get babies, kittens, and calves to enjoy after they are all cleaned up 😉
Good response!
😉
Too funny, poor Ming…….
Silly Ming!
Lucky Ming!
Yeah, sure!
Testing times!
Very!
Been there done that… and know how he feels…
Well at least he’ll be okay next time!
I don’t blame him! 😉
Haha!
Yay Ming! He’d be welcome at my farm anytime with skills like that. 😀 xx
Actually, I would love to send him over to you – seriously!
LOL 😀
He is still washing his hands (kldding!)
Those births can be pretty traumatic! I watched goats give birth, and it is not uncommon for them to have twins. I’m pretty sure my father assisted in both births – those girls needed help and I think it forever put me off having children lol
Ha!
Oh…tell him he was so brave….but that is some awakening for him …. and funny ! Diane
By the time Ming was 4, Ants was already too sick to show him how to do things.
How funny!
I don’t think Ming would agree with you!
Have Ming read All Creatures Great and Small, he’ll get a kick out of it and appreciate a farmer’s life even more. Excellent novel. Ming has what is necessary to go far in life. 🙂
Good idea except he hates reading!
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Attaboy Ming!
Mmmm!
OMG! I almost spit my coffee out reading this! He seems to have an adventurous spirit, doesn’t he? Oh and I wouldn’t mind at all if you had a Farmboy series, I am enjoying these stories!
Poor little farmboy!
poor Ming – tell him to become an accountant
He hates paperwork!
me too, me too, me too
It’s said that there’s a first time for everything. Good going, Ming! I put that in the “manly things” category, although one time I helped a vet do artificial insemination. That was interesting! Ask you neighbor about that.
I think articial insemination is next on the agenda …
Enjoying the stories…been there, done that on this one. At least your son has more of the adventurous spirit than my kids do (being transplanted to the farm). He can hold his head high…and save this story for entertaining the ‘city kids’
It’s strange to see him get so farmy when Ants retired so long ago.
Haha! He’s getting an education.
Rapidly!
that is a cute story and it was good for Ming to learn more about life and nature
He seems to love it!
Way too cute!
Hehe!
Way to cute. Ming has truly turned into the man of the house. Ooorrr man of the farm
Now he just has to stop being so bossy!
Ha ha ha ha ha 🙂
Poor kid, I wouldn’t want lunch for a week!
I bet you could do it too!
First rule of life: do what needs to be done. Deal with the “Ick” factor later.
What a great experience for him.
Sort of!
Wow …. a true cowboy .. now! Strong of him to do it .. maybe there will be no grandchildren because of this adventure *smile
That gave me a huge laugh!
Bloody funny……………………..I wouldn’t want to help a cow deliver anything not even milk………lol
Ha – okay, we won’t hire you then!
This is too funny!!! Ming needs to read James Herriot’s book All Creatures Great and Small–misadventures of a country vet. Being a cow’s midwife didn’t sound fun.
He hates reading but maybe we should get the series out on dvd?
Hysterical! I was thinking the same thing as Judith… This sounded like it was right out of one of James Herriot’s books. 😉
Yes – Ants and I used to watch this in tv.
funny post -ah, Ming, you’ll get used to it.
And I think he will – yay!
As you say – it is nothing like being through straight into the deep end!
LOL! Did you ever read the James Herriot books? Those convinced me that I never want to be a farmer and I never want to be a vet. Poor Ming!
Oh gosh, I just read your comments. I guess I’m not the only one reminded of James Herriot!
so glad i wasn’t drinking anything when i read this! otherwise it would have been coming out my nose from laughing so hard!!