Mr. Franklin’s Milking Moment ✦ Working & Safe

“A colleague once told me,” he said quietly, “that you haven’t really taught history until you’ve lived a piece of it. Today, I learned that milk doesn’t come from a carton. It comes from patience, pressure, and a very large, very forgiving animal.”

What happened next was the stuff of legend. Mr. Franklin approached Buttercup with the same posture he once used to discipline a talking sophomore: stiff, authoritative, and utterly out of his element. He adjusted his glasses. He cleared his throat. He whispered, “Alright, madam. Let’s be professional about this.” mr. franklin’s milking moment

“You know,” he panted into the microphone, “I’ve taught the Industrial Revolution for thirty years. I never understood why farmers walked away from this. Now I do. My back is destroyed.” “A colleague once told me,” he said quietly,