Once a farmer led a cow to slaughter1, but the cow would not go. The farmer started to drag the cow by force, but the cow planted her feet firmly in the ground and would not be moved.

　　What did the famer do? He brought the cow's calf2 and led her ahead, and the mother followed the calf, not by force, but of her own free will.

　　有一次，農(nóng)夫要牽一頭母牛去屠宰，母牛不愿意去。于是，農(nóng)夫使勁而拽它，可是，母牛雙腳牢牢地釘在地上，就是不愿意被牽走。

　　農(nóng)夫怎么辦的呢？他把小牛犢領(lǐng)來，牽著它走在前面,英語小故事牛媽媽便心甘情愿地跟著后面，農(nóng)夫也就不用再費(fèi)勁去拽它了。