For my Dad —D.C.

To Sue Dooley —B.L.

A r t i s t ’ s N o t e :

For this book I did brush drawings using Windsor Newton lamp black watercolor on tracing paper. I then had the drawings photocopied onto one-ply strathmore kid finish watercolor paper and applied watercolor washes to the black drawings. The advantage to this method is that I can get as many copies on the watercolor paper as I want, and I can experiment with the color, choosing the finishes that I like the best.

SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020. Text copyright © 2000 by Doreen Cronin. Illustrations copyright © 2000 by Betsy Lewin. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers is a trade-mark of Simon & Schuster. Book design by Anahid Hamparian. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Cronin, Doreen. Click, clack, moo : cows that type / by Doreen Cronin ; pictures by Betsy Lewin. p. cm. Summary: When Farmer Brown’s cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. [1. Cows—Fiction. 2. Domestic animals—Fiction. 3. Typewriters—Fiction] I. Lewin, Betsy, ill. II. Title. PZ7.

C88135C1 2000 [E]—DC21 97-29718 CIP ISBN 978-0-689-83213-0 ISBN 978-1-4424-6051-5 (eBook) Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Farmer Brown has a problem.

His cows like to type.

All day long he hears

At first, he couldn’t believe his ears.

Cows that type?

Impossible!

Then, he couldn’t believe his eyes.

It was bad enough the cows had found the old typewriter in the barn, now they wanted electric blankets! “No way,” said Farmer Brown. “No electric blankets.”

So the cows went on strike.

They left a note on the

barn door.

“No milk today!” cried Farmer Brown. In the background, he heard the cows busy at work:

The next day, he got another note:

The cows were growing impatient

“No eggs!” cried Farmer Brown.

with the farmer. They left a new In the background he heard note on the barn door.

them.

“Cows that type. Hens on strike!

Whoever heard of such a thing?

How can I run a farm with no milk and no eggs!” Farmer Brown was furious.

Farmer Brown got out his own typewriter.

Dear Cows and Hens:

There will be no electric blankets.

You are cows and hens.

I demand milk and eggs.

Sincerely,

Farmer Brown

Duck was a neutral party, so he brought the ultimatum to the cows.

The cows held an emergency meeting. All the animals gathered around the barn to snoop, but none of them could understand Moo.

All night long, Farmer

Brown waited for an

answer.

Duck knocked on the door early the next morning. He handed Farmer Brown a note:

Farmer Brown decided this was next to the barn door and waited for a good deal. He left the blankets Duck to come with the typewriter.

The next morning he got a note:

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