Before You Read: Raining Cows
Mr and Mrs Everson are
driving back to their hotel at Lake Chelan, in the
northwest of the USA. The road ahead is clear.
Suddenly a huge object drops from the sky. It crashes
onto the bonnet of the Everson’s car.
‘What was that?’’ cries Mr. Everson.
‘It came from above us!’ says his wife.
‘It looks like a cow!’
Escaped
Mrs Everson looks out
through the passenger window. She sees the
animal lying on the road behind them. Then she looks
up
‘I think it fell from there!’ she says,
pointing to a cliff. It's at least 50
metres above the road.
Somehow Mr.
Everson drives the car for another two kilometres until
they came to a shop. Outside a newspaper board has the
headline:
‘300 KILO RODEO COW ESCAPES RANCH’.
Lucky
'This cow was bred for
rodeo," a police spokesman later explains. "It was not
a normal cow in a field.'
Mr. Everson, 49, says: 'I'm
just glad to be alive. It's raining cows out
here!'