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Murray Grey |
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| The audio is from a live radio show with students from Santa Rita Elementary, Egan Junior High and Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA and KZSU of Stanford University in Stanford, CA. The Murray Grey on-line script matches what the students actually performed. So what you hear and what you read will match. (This is a great way to learn English and to learn how to read.) It is NOT the same as the PDF script. I.E. As usual, our young actors changed a few of their lines while performing. |
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Cast In Order Of Appearance: Announcer
Cows from Australia? Today we’re talking about the Murray Grey.
Yes, it’s time for a conversation with the Murray Grey, which originated in New South Wales, Australia. You’ve been branded as a sensible breed for profitable beef production. How does that make you feel?
I’m proud. Murray Greys have been winning carcass competitions since the early 1970’s, you know.
Yes, butchers have praised your breed for consistent high cutability and less wastage.
It’s true. And in 1962 fifty breeders banded together and formed the Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society of Australia. They just held a World Congress in Australia this past 2005 for Murray Grey breeders from around the world.
So we hear. I understand that during the conference sessions there were some comments about feed efficiency.
Uh, yes. Uhm . . .
And there was also talk about forgetting personal disputes. Can you comment on that?
I’d rather not. I try and stay out of those kinds of discussions. Makes for bad cud.
Excuse me?
Cud. C - U - D. Cud. Food that has been regurgitated from the first of my four stomachs. We cows like to sort of ruminate on the ruins of our rumen.
Your what?
Our rumen. That’s the official name for our first and largest stomach. Not that we cows named it that, of course.
I see. Any parting words for our listeners?
Why certainly. Chew your cud wisely and stay grey everyone!
©2006-2007 Lishka DeVoss / Kranky Kids® |