Vocab Story #8

Now, we've all heard the story. Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon... But how in the world did a cow manage to jump over the moon? Cows stand in fields of grass and make weird noises, which is not the proper criterion for moon-jumping. Humans took their entire route of evolution to come close, and didn't even reach the moon until 1969, a mere 45 years ago.
        I think we can all rationalize that cows do not come equipped with rockets. We are all cognizant of the fact that the human brain is much more advanced than that of a cow. Humans are notorious for being the most advanced species, whereas all we impute cows for is their ability to chew abnormally loudly.
        Maybe this story is supposed to be a presage, warning us of the future, when cows take over the human race. Perhaps one day a brave cow will venture to jump over the moon. Hopefully, if this time comes, cows will also become conscientious of the fact that they can't breathe in space. It seems reasonable to make a prognosis that this is how the cow population will be wiped out. One day they'll be grazing peacefully, the next a rebel among them will doom the entire species.
        Maybe, though, the cows are already the dominant species, and are simply too smart to reveal their hypocrisy. They could be planning to overtake the human race in time, and we would never know. Perhaps every night after the human farmers go to bed, they have frenetic meetings about the date of this event.
        It is most likely that cows are the same animals we see in fields next to roads, lazing in the sun and grazing near streams. They probably don't run secret cow covens or rebel armies. But the story is always told a certain way, with the cow jumping over the moon. Perhaps only the author knows the cows' secret. There's something to think about.