The Stuffed Animal

In one store I saw a beautiful stuffed animal, but I could not figure out if it was a cow or a dog. It had a bell around the neck. I was going to buy it for Samarpana.

Before I bought it, I said to one of the salesladies, "I like it very much; it is white and very nice. But is it a cow?"

She laughed at me and said, "No, a dog!"

It was very beautiful, and it looked like a cow.

[Source: "The Stuffed Animal" in Sri Chinmoy, I Love Shopping, Part 1. First published by Agni Press in 1985. Copied from the web pages of www.srichinmoylibrary.com/Sri-Chinmoy-love-shopping/part1.]