Name: The Fairy and the Cow
Duration: P00H04M48S
Description: The fairy stole the cow. She took it to her castle. She tied it up. It pulled and it tugged but it couldn’t get away. The fairy had caught it. She milked it into a bucket. She drank the milk. She loved the cow.

The Fairy and the Cow

from The Book of Stories by Veronica Wagner

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The fairy stole the cow. She took it to her castle. She tied it up. It pulled and it tugged but it couldn’t get away. The fairy had caught it. She milked it into a bucket. She drank the milk. She loved the cow.

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one soft eye
turns to the green hill
and the first thing that happens
is the cowherd feels drowsy and falls asleep
with his cheek
on soft soft grass
half the hillside pulls back like a curtain
fairy footsteps barely bend
dandelions and in the sun
she casts no shadow

she says: hi
don’t be afraid
and the cow’s brown eye
turns if to say
if we must, i’ll abide
with you in fairyland
down the cool hillside
cowhide beneath soft hand

but why do you take me from the only place i’ve ever known?
why do you steal me from the man who said i was his own

golden coins, offering coins and covering my ears
but no one sells to strangers
so i took you from your pen

she loved the dairycow
safe in fairyland
to graze in peace for centuries
and be milked underneath the moon

but why do you keep me when i cannot be any use
paradise feasts every night on golden spice and silver fruits

background noise, nothing but noise for many many years
endless loveliness sent me to the world of men

golden coins, offering coins and covering my ears
but no one sells to strangers
so i took you from your pen

not by choice, never a choice, however it appears
i’d do anything again to hear that melody again

she loved the dairycow
safe in fairyland
to graze in peace for centuries
and be milked underneath the moon

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from The Book of Stories, released October 8, 2018

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