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"What's with her, John?"
"She's been dragging her toes, barely moving since she calved last week and she’s off her tucker," John Munroe said, glancing away. "She's been a good 'un." He shook his head, blinking.
The ancient Jersey, the knowledge of the world in her big, soft eyes, raised her head and gave him a long look. She dropped it again, not eating, despite the grass before her.
"How old is she?"
"Last count, nineteen." He swallowed hard. "Calved every year, usually a heifer."
"So why is she up here?" I said, a sick feeling growing in the pit of my stomach.
I followed his glance to the shiny car in the cowshed roundabout. Madsen. Stock agent persona non gratis at my block.
“We might be able to help her,” I said, with a frown at the vehicle, “if you’re not ready to let her go yet.”
His eyes shot to my face. Hope leapt, then the shutters slammed shut again.
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