04-03-2023, 03:10 PM
A small Navajo clan did some research and found that they could buy a cow from a rancher in Flagstaff for $2,000, or one from the Hopi reservation for $1,000. Being frugal, they bought the cow from the Hopis. The cow was perfect!
It produced lots of milk all the time, and this made the clan was very happy. They decided to acquire a bull to mate with the cow, to produce more cows like it. They would never have to worry about a milk supply and gain additional, financial self-sufficiency, by selling these abundant milk producing calves. So . . . they bought a bull and put it in the pasture, with their beloved cow.
However, whenever the bull came close to the cow, the cow would move away. No matter what approach the bull tried, the cow would move away from the bull, and he could not succeed in his quest, to mount the cow.
The clan was very upset and decided to ask a Tribal elder, what to do. They told the elder what was happening.
“Whenever the bull approaches our cow, she moves away. If he approaches from the back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from the front, she backs off. An approach from the side . . . and she just walks away to the other side.”
The elder thought about this for a minute and asked: “Did you buy this cow from the Hopis?”
The clan was amazed and dumbfounded, since they had never mentioned where they had gotten the cow.
“You are truly wise!” they said. “How did you know we got the cow from the Hopis?”
The Tribal elder answered sadly: “My wife is Hopi.”
It produced lots of milk all the time, and this made the clan was very happy. They decided to acquire a bull to mate with the cow, to produce more cows like it. They would never have to worry about a milk supply and gain additional, financial self-sufficiency, by selling these abundant milk producing calves. So . . . they bought a bull and put it in the pasture, with their beloved cow.
However, whenever the bull came close to the cow, the cow would move away. No matter what approach the bull tried, the cow would move away from the bull, and he could not succeed in his quest, to mount the cow.
The clan was very upset and decided to ask a Tribal elder, what to do. They told the elder what was happening.
“Whenever the bull approaches our cow, she moves away. If he approaches from the back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from the front, she backs off. An approach from the side . . . and she just walks away to the other side.”
The elder thought about this for a minute and asked: “Did you buy this cow from the Hopis?”
The clan was amazed and dumbfounded, since they had never mentioned where they had gotten the cow.
“You are truly wise!” they said. “How did you know we got the cow from the Hopis?”
The Tribal elder answered sadly: “My wife is Hopi.”