Cow Herd

Haripad went outside to look after his cow. In his cow shed there was one cow. Unfortunately his cow was giving birth to baby bulls or male offspring so the numbers in his cow shed was not rising. Twice she gave birth to male calf and Haripad disposed it off in the market at nominal price. Every day Haripad or Hari took great care of his solitary cow in the hope that some day it would bring him great fortune. Hari dreamt of making his cow shed into a big prosperous dairy farm some day. 
Hari had faced many injustice on himself but he bore them patiently knowing that these were all temporary suffering and all would pass in the time to come. He had learnt this philosophy of tolerance and forgiveness from his mother. Hari loved his mother dearly because she loved him so selflessly. Sadly his mother was no more. 
Two years ago his mother passed away after a brief illness. Hari was not left with anyone to love him and take care of him. He was the youngest of three sons of his parents and it was his mother only who loved him so dearly. His father was not at all kind towards him as they say he had wanted a daughter but got a son instead in Haripad so his father was so dejected. As a result his father did not care for him. His elder brothers were married and sometimes their wives took pity on him and showed their conditional love for him. 
Hari 's father called him one day to discuss an important matter. He said 
that a distant uncle of Hari was in the town of Raghabpur and he worked in a dairy farm. They were looking for a young hand to manage the day to day work related to the many cows in the farm. As Hari had grown up and had not developed any particular skill, this was a good opportunity to learn the work of animal husbandry and then make his own fortune in the world. 
Hari worked under his uncle for two years and learnt the tricks of the trade. When he had saved enough money from his salary to buy a young female calf, Hari moved out to venture on his own. 
He took the calf to the outskirts of Raghabpur. Initially he kept the calf tied to a roadside post as he had no cow shed of his own. But the municipal employees came pestering for money and on non payment threatened him that they would confiscate it. 
Fearing retribution, Hari took it to the outskirts of the town. Because this female calf was his only capital. He had to save it at all costs and without incurring any overhead expense like paying penalty etc.
At the far end of the town he was fortunate to come across an elderly couple who had little land of their own and was kind and generous. They allowed Hari to tie the calf there and let him build a temporary shed for him to stay and take care of his calf. 
In a few weeks time the calf grew into an adult cow and was ready for breeding. Hari got in touch with a milkman who helped him bring a bull to help do the breeding process. 
Then when the time came for the cow to give birth, Hari was very excited. He called his uncle to come and help him. As his uncle was now a big and important dairy farmer he sent his assistant. In due time the cow gave birth. The new offspring came to life as he faced the sunlight on it's face. It was a moment of great joy for both the mother cow and Hari. 
The next day a milkman came knocking asking for any surplus milk for sale. Hari had learnt milking cows from their udder while working at the dairy farm. He very proudly offered the extra milk after the calf had suckled his quota of milk. The milkman paid him cash and promised to return the next day for more milk. 
Hari felt very happy with the piling up of cash daily in his money chest. After few days the milkman advised Hari to buy another calf so that his stock of milk would be growing in future. He told Hari that there was numerous sweet shops waiting to buy fresh milk. In spite of competition, the milkman assured Hari that there was plenty of demand. 
But he cautioned against one thing. He said to look forward to more female calves being born rather than males. Because males would not be of much help for the business to grow except for breeding. Whereas now breeding could be done by artificial insemination educated the milkman to Hari. But unlucky Hari had to manage another birth of a male calf . After two more attempts being unsuccessful, Hari took the help from a veterinary doctor in the animal husbandry department. With support from them, Hari waited eagerly when his cow was ready to give birth again. This time he was not taking chances. He had followed all scientific methods and he had spent money collected from the sale of milk. He had even offered his humble prayers at the local Pashupathinath temple the Lord of the animals.
 On the previous night of the birth Hari had fed the cow with the choicest fodder available in the market. During the day he had bathed the cow and stroked her body with affection. At night Hari slept on the dried hay lying beside his beloved cow. 
The next morning Hari woke up to a sound of dried hay being trampled upon. Then he heard a low moo sound followed by a loud sound from his cow. The sun had not yet risen. In the twilight darkness he saw a small object shaking beside the cow. Then he saw the calf. In the dim light he could see it was a female. Hari jumped up in ecstatic joy. His efforts had paid off. He called the vet hospital to send for help immediately as they had suggested. Within half an hour the mother cow was licking her new born with deepest of love and affection. The vet officials had cleaned and dressed the calf and put it close to her mother to get her warmth and affection. 
Hari was too happy for words. Finally he could set up a dairy farm as now his number of cows were rising. He could build a cow herd at last.