Story: Brave Clancy
Clancy was born on a snowy day, and his parents were very disappointed.
You see, they belonged to the white-bellied herd, but Clancy had no white stripe on his belly. He was black all over.
As Clancy grew up, the other cows always thought he was strange.
Clancy tried everything to get a white stripe.
He even painted a white stripe on his belly, but as soon as it rained, the stripe washed away. Clancy was just different from everyone else, and there was nothing he could do about it.
However, his parents still loved him very, very much.
The cows in the herd all acted arrogantly toward Clancy, but they weren’t strong at all.
The white-bellied herd lived on a barren pasture, and they were all skin and bones. Next door, the pasture was lush and green, home to the plump red-backed herd.
The red-backed herd always won the annual wrestling match, earning the right to choose the pasture.
The white-bellied herd was stuck in a vicious cycle. The red-backed cows grew stronger by eating the delicious, juicy grass, so they always won the matches. Year after year, the red-backed cows enjoyed the lush pasture.
Sometimes, the white-bellied cows tried to sneak into the red-backed herd’s pasture at night to eat grass, but their white stripes were too conspicuous in the dark, always giving them away.
One night, Clancy sneaked into the red-backed herd’s pasture to try his luck and wasn’t discovered because he was black all over and invisible in the dark.
Another night, while Clancy was eating grass, he met a cow. “Who are you?” Clancy asked.
“My name is Helga,” the cow replied, “I am a red-backed cow, all red.”
Like Clancy, Helga was often teased for being different from the other red-backed cows.
Clancy and Helga hit it off immediately and started eating grass together every night.
At first, only his parents noticed that Clancy was growing stronger.
Later, Clancy accidentally ran into the leader of the white-bellied herd and knocked her over! She scolded Clancy at first, then stopped in amazement.
Clancy had grown so big! A cow as strong as him should be able to win the wrestling match!
The leaders of the white-bellied herd decided that having no white stripe wasn’t a bad thing after all and chose Clancy to represent the herd in the wrestling match!
Several retired wrestlers trained Clancy, teaching him their best moves and techniques.
The upside-down move, the back kick move, the sprawling move, the flying cow move, the rodeo move, the windmill move.
On the day of the match, Clancy set a record by defeating his opponent in record time and winning the match!
The white-bellied herd immediately rushed to the red-backed herd to drive them out of the pasture.
Suddenly, a voice called out. It was Clancy. He shouted loudly, “Everyone, listen!”
Clancy said, “We can’t go on like this. Whether you’re a black cow, a white-bellied cow, or a red cow, a red-backed cow, we’re all cows. Let’s tear down the fences and graze together!”
Soon, the white-bellied cows and the red-backed cows became friends.
The pasture had enough grass for every cow to eat their fill.
Clanja was born on a sunny summer day, and for her parents, it was a very happy and joyful day.
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
