<h2>My Family Pet</h2>

                           The Goose

                                  We have several cows at our houses. They are mostly bullocks to plough the field. But there is one which is the most favorite to every member of our family. We never use her for ploughing. She is a milch cow and we call her Dholi. Dholi is our family pet and we love her dearly for her usefulness, grace and gentle nature.  

                            Dholi is a four-footed animal. She has two eyes, two ears and two horns. She has a long head and a short neck. She has a long tail and there is a tuft of hear at the end of her tail. Her body is covered with short and soft hair. She has only one set of teeth in the lower jaw. She has no teeth in her upper jaw. She has four hoofs on her feet and all these hoofs are divided in the middle. Her pair of horns is curved, her ears are long and flapping and her eyes are large. Most part of her body is white with only a black spot on the head. So we call her Dholi. 

                                Dholi lives on grass. She also likes to eat rice, straw, oil cake, and many other things. She does not eat her food all at once. She chews the cud.     

                                                                                               

                                                                        The Cow

                                      Dholi is very mild and gentle nature. She gives birth to one calf at a time. She is a very fond of her calf. She does not harm anybody. She has grown so fond of us that she does not gore even the little children of our house. But if any unknown person teases her or her calf, she will gore him or her with her horns. At times my little brothers and sisters play with her calf and she seems to show them affection by licking with her tongue.

                              Dholi is the most useful to us. She gives us milk. We milch her twice a day- once in the morning and again in the afternoon. She gives us over five seers of milk all together. Her milk is the best food for us, especially for the children of our family. We get ghee, butter, curd and make many sweet things from her milk. Even her dung is useful to us. It is used both as manure and fuel. Thus Dholi plays an important part in our daily life.  

              As Dholi does so much good to us. We take particular care of her and treat her with kindness. Long association has made her every dear to all members of our family, especially to the children. She is regarded almost as a member of our house.