Philosophical Story "The Way of Knowing the Cow"

The farmer raised a cow. Not long after, the cow gave birth to a baby cow.

When the heifer grows up, it looks exactly the same as the mother cow, and without looking at the teeth, outsiders cannot tell which is the mother cow and which is the calf.

Once, the farmer met a wise man. The farmer flaunted his cow and said that no one but himself could tell which was the mother cow.

The wise man laughed and said, "It's not easy? With my eyes closed, I could recognize it. ”

The first time the farmer met someone who said such a big thing, he didn't believe it, so he said, "If you can recognize it, I'll give you the calf." ”

The wise man went to the roadside field and pulled a handful of fresh grass, and then asked the farmer to cover his eyes with a strip of cloth.

The wise man fumbled to the two cows, and he raised the grass in his hand, and one of the cows saw it and ate it immediately. The wise man touched the mouths of the two cows with his hands, pointed to the cow that had not grazed, and said, "This is the mother cow." ”

The farmer was stunned and asked the wise man, "Are you so sure that this is a mother cow?" ”

The wise man said, "When a child is with her mother, the mother will always give up limited food to her child." ”