Storyteller who tamed a cow with words.”
Once upon a time in a tiny village in Punakha, a farmer named Dorji had a very stubborn cow named Lhamo. Lhamo refused to eat any grass that wasn’t from the exact same patch of the meadow she was born in. Dorji tried everything—moving her to fresh fields, bribing her with apples, even singing lullabies—but nothing worked. One day, a mischievous monk passing through the village told Dorji, “Cows are wise. Lhamo only respects what she knows. Show her kindness, not force.” Inspired, Dorji started talking to Lhamo, telling her stories about the mountains, the rivers, and even the sacred phallus paintings that decorated the village houses. To everyone’s surprise, Lhamo began to graze happily—just not in the patch she was born in, but wherever Dorji told her magical stories. Soon, the villagers joked that Lhamo wasn’t just a cow; she was the wisest creature in Punakha. And Dorji? He became famous as “the storyteller who tamed a cow with words.” The story spread, and people from nearby v...