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Ｐ a ｓ sage 9A farmer ｈａ d a cow、 He t ｏｏ k v ｅ ry good care of ｔ his cow a ｎｄ o ｎｅ day when it ｗ as i ｌ l， he w ａ s very ｗ or ｒｉed、 He telephon ｅ d t ｈ e vet、“W ｈ a ｔ’ｓ ｔ he pro ｂ lem？” The v ｅ t ａ ske ｄ hi ｍ w ｈen h ｅ ａｒ r ｉｖｅｄ、“My ｃｏ w’s ill,” the farmer sa ｉｄ、 “I do ｎ’t kno ｗ whａ t＇ｓ th ｅ m ａ t ｔｅ r wi ｔ h ｈｅｒ、 Ｓｈ e’s ｌ ying ｄｏ wn a ｎｄ won’t eat、 S ｈ e’s makin ｇ a stran ｇ e no ｉ se、”The v ｅ t lo ｏｋ ed ｏ v ｅｒ the ｃ ow、 "She’s ｃｅ r ｔ a ｉ nly ilｌ，" he said, "and she ｎ eeds to tak ｅ s ｏ me ｖ e ｒ y s ｔｒong me ｄ i ｃｉｎ e、"ﻫHe ｔ oo ｋ a bot ｔ l ｅ out of ｈｉｓ box, put ｔ wo pil ｌ s into hi ｓ ｈ and and said, "G ｉ ve her theｓ e、 The p ｉ lls shoul ｄ ma ｋ e h ｅ r better、"“How should Ｉ g ｉ ve ｔｈ em ｔ o her？” ｔ he ｆ armer ask ｅ d、ﻫThe vet ｇ a ｖ e hi ｍ ａ ｔｕｂ e （管子)and ｓ aid, "Pu ｔ th ｉ s tu ｂｅ in her ｍ out ｈ, then put the p ｉ lls ｉ n the tu ｂ e an ｄ b ｌ ow、 That’ll mak ｅ it、"ﻫＴ h ｅ nex ｔ ｄay the v ｅ t c ａ me to the ｆ arm a ｇ ai ｎ、 T ｈ e far ｍ er ｗ aｓ sitting ｏｕ tsid ｅ his ho ｕ se a ｎ d lo ｏｋ ed m ｏ r ｅ wo ｒri ｅ d、“Ho ｗ’ｓ your co ｗ？” t ｈ e ve ｔ ask ｅ d、ﻫ“No c ｈａ ngｅ,” ｔ he farmer s ａｉ d， “ａｎ d Ｉ’m ｆｅ eling ver ｙ ｓ tra ｎ ge ｍｙ self、”“Oh?” ｔ h ｅ ｖ et sa ｉ d, "Why?"“Ｉ ｄ i ｄ ｗｈ at y ｏ u sai ｄ,” the f ａ rmer ans ｗ ered、 “I put ｔｈ e tube in th ｅ cow’s ｍｏ uth a ｎ d then pu ｔ two p ｉ lls ｄｏｗｎ it、”“And?” t ｈ e v ｅ t a...