Some years ago were visiting some friends in Manhattan. They lived in a large skyscraper-like apartment building with all the conveniences of a small city or The Queen Mary.
We rang the apartment bell, to be told that
“Ed took Rachael downstairs to get some milk from the machine.”
When they returned I asked Rachael, about three years old, where she and daddy went. Without any hesitation she knowingly said,
“We went to see the cow.” 
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That’s udderly amusing. Kids do say the darndest things.
urban dairy!
No, she would not pass for a country gal.
haha 🙂
Yes, it was pretty funny, although she didn’t understand why we thought so.
That’s one intelligent reply! 🙂
She was a very smart child, and made the only sensible association she understood.
Now that IS CONTEMPORARY! L. Murphy
That’s today’s young woman!
Convenience is a wonderful thing, but let’s hope she gets to see some real cows before too long.
…but you have to admit that it makes perfect sense for a three year old to assume that the vending machine was a cow, since she was taught that milk comes from cows.
Worrying times!
Aw, Roger, don’t worry; just see the humor in the story.
Haha, what an adorable reply! 😀
I just love the innocence of it…
Haha. Listening to kids talk or respond to questions makes me smile. They are far to open 🙂
Their openness is so refreshing, but it can also be embarrassing or in this case, simply sweet and funny.
There is such beauty in the honesty of a child’s words. The pic is perfect for the post.
Paul
Thanks, Paul. Her answer was so immediate and she was so sure of herself that it would have been a shame to correct her!