Friday 24 September 2010

17. Naivety of youth (i). On a farm in the Córdoba hills, Argentina,1962

Standing on a gate so as to get a good viewpoint, watching cattle being herded along a path.

Cousin 1, female (9) (...me), excited to be standing next to older Cousin 2, whom she admires:  Why are those steers trying to get on top of those cows?

Cousin 2, female (17):  Because they’re trying to stand up of course.

Cousin 1 (feeling foolish at being caught out on something so obvious):  Of course, sorry...

(Time it took to realise I had been hoodwinked =  20 years, when I heard somebody making a similar comment and it all came back...)

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