Prabin Raut
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The star marked Bull
Harkey, one of the members of the landlord Major Ba (Ba: Father as a respect in Nepali and Major his army title, now retired)’s big family was the first to notice the birth of Tarey (meaning one with star, reference to star mark on its forehead) by its mother Ratu (the Red one, name of the cow) on the wee hours of the dawn. Major Ba was such an encouraging father figure that he wanted to give something extra on his work compared to Mailo or Birkhey who were also domestic helpers of Major Ba. That is why, even Majorni Ama (Wife of Major Ba) complains less about his work; a workhorse herself and difficult to please strict personality. He always was the first to wake up in the Major Ba’s extended family of 13 with 4 helpers. As he had seen labor pain and birth by many cows before, he knew some of the nitty gritty of facilitating birth in case of some anomalies. For Ratu, it was her third time giving birth. She had given birth to two baby cows before, who were members of the illustrious cow family of Major Ba. It was a very short labor this time and he need not interfere. After few minutes, when the newborn stood on its own, seeing the male sex of the newborn calf, Harkey told to himself, “You are possibly guest for a year”.
By Prabin Raut3 years ago in Humans