Long, long ago in the spring of 1793 a calf was born. Every one was so excited. They had just come out of a bitter cold winter. The first day of warm weather was a great day because the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the blossoms were about to exploded in to flowers.
Mr. Farmer Frank noticed his new calf that was snow white with blue eyes. He took it to town to show the mayor. One of the official duties of the mayor was to name all the towns cows. The mayor named the calf Lena. He had also named Lena's mom and dad. Their names were Bessie and Bart.
As the mayor was signing the birth certificate to say that the calf's name was Lena, a bottle of ink fell on the snow white calf. The mayor was very embarrassed and tried to get the ink off quickly by giving her a sponge bath. That didn't work, so he then tried a hot soapy towel. nothing seemed to work, he even tried turpentine but the calf hated that. No matter what he did , the ink would not come off.
Mr. Farmer Frank was pretty angry about the big spots, since Lena was the prettiest snow white calf he had ever seen. Now she was all stained with ink spots. When they got home Bessie and Bart were very angry at what happened to their new calf. Mr. Farmer Frank tried every thing he could do to get the black ink off but it was of no use. So he finally put a white jersey over her hoping the parents would forget.
Over time everyone forgot about the ink incident, Lena grew up always wearing her white jersey. She never knew any thing was wrong with her. She eventually met a snow white bull of her dreams, they decided to have a baby. to the surprise of everyone, they had a beautiful spotted calf.
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