April 06, 2005

The Cows from Pen 13

The Cows from Pen 13

A few years ago, in a remote part of Oregon, there was a farm. It looked like any other farm, with a big red barn, fields filled with vegetables, and plenty of farm animals. The owner of the farm, McFoe, loved cows, so it isn't surprising that he owned more cows than any other kind of animal.

Farmer McFoe loved all of his cows, except for the ones in Pen 13, who kept to themselves and stayed in their pen almost all the time. To him they seemed strange, but he kept them for reasons unknown.

One day, Farmer McFoe was getting ready for bed when he heard a noise from one of his cow pens. He went to his barn immediately, thinking that someone was trying to steal his beloved cows. But when he got to his barn, he saw that the doors were locked. Feeling scared and confused, he went in. He looked at each one of his pens to make sure none of his cows were missing.

As he reached Pen 13, he saw that there were no cows. Farmer McFoe looked around for his cows. He looked up, anxious to find his cows and get to bed. When he did, he saw a pale cow covered with camouflage paint. "Farmer McFoe," yelled the cow. "We have come to free our fellow cows from your evil oppression!"

Farmer McFoe backed up slowly, and then turned to run, but he came face to face with two more of these 'Camo-Cows' who were blocking the exit. Farmer McFoe ran to his special exit, but when he made it outside, there were dozens of Military Copters, with 'Camo-Cows' sliding down on ropes.

Farmer McFoe stopped and closed his eyes, hoping this was just a dream, but it wasn't. Soon the cows had surrounded him, and he heard a voice on a loudspeaker saying "Farmer McFoe, you are under arrest in the name of cow law for holding these cows against their will and illegally selling cows bodily substances."

Farmer McFoe looked around, hoping there was a way he could escape. He saw that there was a gap in the lines of cows, and he made a break for it.

The cows started shooting at him. As he looked around, he realized they were shooting HAY at him! Suddenly Farmer McFoe felt a sharp pain in his leg. He tried to keep running, but the pain got the best of him and he blacked out.

When he woke up, Farmer McFoe was lying on a bed. He saw a nurse, and asked her where he was. She told him he was in a prison hospital, and he would be serving is life sentence in Mooapolis. For the next 50 years, Farmer McFoe spent his days in jail. On earth, everyone thought the cows had all broken out, and Farmer McFoe had been trampled. But no one knew the truth, that he had been captured by the cows from Pen 13.

Posted by Da Mogul at April 6, 2005 09:12 PM
Comments

Interesting story. I chuckled at my mental picture of cows sliding down ropes from military choppers. And shooting hay. Brilliant.

Question: does this story have a meaning to you, or was it just an exercise in creative writing? I don't necessarily think that everything someone write actually means something, but sometimes it does. Just curious.

Posted by: The Pieman at April 7, 2005 09:38 AM

Hi, I'm here by way of your mom's site. Which teaches us two things:

1. Your mom can drive traffic to your site.
2. Your mom is always right.

I'm a mom too. So I know these things.

Posted by: Kym at April 7, 2005 02:46 PM

This was my first 6th grade writing assignment, so I wanted to show my creativity and humor. This was the beginning of my stories about cows,which I will be posting later.

Posted by: Da Mogul at April 7, 2005 04:24 PM

How did the cows pull the trigger when they don't have opposable hooves? Please add a picture with a diagram to explain!

DB -

ps: great story! Write more.

Posted by: T at April 7, 2005 05:27 PM

The guns are designed so they can use it I guess. I never really thought about that, I just put it in. I have plenty more stories that I will be adding over time.

Posted by: Da Mogul at April 7, 2005 06:11 PM

Hi, there! I'm not at all surprised that you are a great writer...do you know the expression, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree?"

I'm interested to find out, who or what was your inspiration for the farmer's name...McFoe?

Posted by: lu at April 7, 2005 08:01 PM

I don't know how I came up with the name, it just popped into my head.

Posted by: Da Mogul at April 7, 2005 09:29 PM

HEY! Thank you for the diagram of the 'Bud Milk Blaster' Milk K-47. I never knew Cows were so resourceful!

T

ps: Why Cows? Why not... pengiuns? or newts? or duckbilled platypus-es (platypi?)? I wanna know!

Posted by: T at April 11, 2005 10:53 AM

Actually, its "Bad Milk Blaster", like rotten milk. I chose cows because I stayed up playing a game that had a segment about space cows, and the next day (this was in fifth grade) we got a writing assignment, and that was the main thing I was thinking about. I wrote 2 stories about cows, before my teacher told me not to write about cows.

Then, in sixth grade, I decided to twist it a little bit and try to create different kinds of cows. So far I have commando, diver, hockey, zombie, and nerd cows, even though I could never figure out how to use all of them in a story.

Posted by: Da Mogul at April 11, 2005 08:48 PM
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