Author Topic: mystery science fiction story  (Read 2153 times)

mizhepzibah

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on: December 14, 2011, 03:47:39 PM
Hey, everybody!!  I'm brand new here, just joined this morning, and primarily to access the collective brain to answer a question for my mother, which is as follows:

We both remember reading a short story which involved a person, possibly a math teacher, who wakes up one day to discover that he's been turned into a calf, grazing in a field.  He and all the rest of the herd are rounded up and put into a building, and then he sees a guy with a hammer moving through the herd of calves, slaughtering them.  In desperation, he uses his hoof to draw several mathematical symbols in the dust between himself and the man . . .

Does anybody know the name and/or author of this story?  Mom would dearly love to enjoy it again.

Thanks!!   :D