This whole story brought back a memory. My uncle (he now about 82) told me how when he was about 5 and growing up on the farm, his dad came to him in the night and told him he was needed to save one of the cows. She was calving and the calf got stuck. He said he had to stick his arm up in her as far as he could and turn the calf's head. When he did it, the calf came slithering out.
He told me how he raised that calf up to be a big cow and took special care of it. Then one day it was gone. Grandpa decided it was just right for market.
I just about lost it!