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‘You ever seen Ru?’ Claud asked me

I told hi between a bull and a cow

‘Rummins does it special,’ Claud said ‘There’s nobody in the world does athe way Rummins does it’

‘What’s so special about it?’

‘You got a tr

eat co to you,’ Claud said

‘So has the cow,’ I said

‘If the rest of the world knew about what Ru,’ Claud said, ‘he’d be world fa all over the world’

‘Why doesn’t he tell them then?’ I asked

‘I doubt he’s ever even thought about it,’ Claud said ‘Rus like that He’s got the best dairy-herd for miles around and that’s all he cares about He doesn’t want the newspapers swar questions, which is exactly ould happen if it ever got out’

‘Why don’t you tell me about it,’ I said

We walked on in silence for a while, the cow pulling ahead