Four Cows

With Joshua on my arm and the phone in one hand I walk into the kitchen. I open the kitchen cabinet where we have taped up a paper with some phone numbers. I want to phone my mother who should be at work now. From the cabinet three Lego cows in a row stare down at us. Joshua gives out some exciting noises and starts jumping up and down on my arm. I laugh and takes the cows down to him. He clutches all three between his chubby hands and casts me a happy glance before he wants down. Soon he is immersed in play with the cows.
Questions the children may ask:
What did the cows do up in the cabinet in the first place? And where is the fourth band member? The little cute brown one?
Questions the mother may ask:
How can four Lego cows (two white with black blobs and two brown ones) be the most exciting toys in our lives? And the fact that we have one cow for each small hand: why is it that they cannot be shared?
We are proud owners of two dangerous lions (only cubs but hey, still sharp teeth), an ice bear, a giraffe, a black shiny horse named Lukas, a grey cat, a rooster and, not to forget, a little grey elephant. All exciting, fierce creatures, I say. I for one would not liked to be picked at by a angry rooster, would you? But in the world of Maja and Joshua these animals are nothing compared to four grass chewing mammals with pink nipples that say moo.
The cows go boat riding, get washed, are tucked in on a flat pillow with a scarf as a blanket. Basically - they live an ideal toy life. When Maja is in Kindergarten, Joshua's little hands carries two of them around. He sometimes take them for a ride in his wagon. These cows are happy cows indeed.
At times they have to confine to a dark inside of a cabinet. Is it an easy price to pay to be a favorite toy? I imagine that they are smiling down at us every time the light hits them.
The rest of the day we will search for the lost one. Maja will not rest until he is safely back in her care again. Then all of them will take a bath before bed.
I wish I had my own cow.

The Blonde