And the old woman was trying her best to cudgel her cow into going up a ladder to eat the grass.
But the poor thing was afraid and durst not go. Then the old woman tried coaxing, but it wouldn't go.
You never saw such a sight! The cow getting more and more flustered and obstinate, the old woman getting hotter and hotter.
At last the young squire said, 'It would be easier if you went up the ladder, cut the grass, and threw it down for the cow to eat.'
'A likely story that, 'says the old woman. 'A cow can cut grass