Cow can be used to curse both a clumsy person and an overly patient woman with large, “ox-like” eyes. In Russia, a cow is an indispensable attribute of the village, but in the city it can only be seen in a special circus program. At the same time, some peoples have entire cults dedicated to the cow, and the largest sura of the Koran is named after her. A cow gives a person so much that there is no point in listing them, but the stories in this collection are still dedicated to people. People who, in certain life situations, feel as uncomfortable as a cow in the city, or, as they also say, as awkward and unstable “like a cow on ice.”