Herding Controls

摘要

In my teenage years, I was always fascinated to see that exactly when the church bell of my village started to ring, the herd of grey cattle always arrived in front of the little church where the farmers were waiting for them. It made no difference what the weather was like or how far from the village the cattle were grazing that day; they always made it exactly on time. The farmers were waiting there, discussing the news of the day, and took it for granted that the cattle would always arrive in time for the farmers to get back to their homes for milking, and after that, for dinner, where the goulash with lots of paprika had been slowly boiling all day and would just hit the spot, and finally get them ready for the palinka and the storytelling after it.