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MOO COW TALES.

and went on eating, but it didn't stop his talk.

"'Oh, those were good old days!' he would say. 'I was ridden by a toreador in those days.' If there were a calf in the field the silly little thing would say 'What is a Toreador?' and that was just what the old horse wanted to be asked.

"'A toreador is a man who fights bulls,' he would say proudly. 'I and my companions used to be ridden by these toreadors into the arena, which is a large round place, like the thing that is called a circus ring I believe. We didn't wear harness as horses do here, but what our toreadors