Felt drained. Watching the life of the
Why had I entered this profession? I could have gone in for something easier and gentler—like coalmining or lumberjacking.
Then the nose moved along the rubber tube up to the bottle and back again, sniffing with the utmost concentration. When I removed the needle the nose began a careful inspection of the injection site....
The two of us stood gazing at the gleaming rows without any idea that it was nearly all useless and that the days of the old medicines were nearly over. Soon they would be hustled into oblivion by the...
She’s out, Jim! The bugger’s out! Well this was great. Anybody who has driven a car with a hysterical cat hurtling around the interior will appreciate my situation.
Old Herriot may be limited in some respects, but by God, he can wrap a cat.
Maybe ye don’t know it, Mr. Herriot, but this is the best time of your life.’ ‘Do you think so?’ ‘Aye, there’s no doubt about it. When your children are young and growin’ up around ye—that’s when it’s...
Las cosas suelen resultar mejor de lo que uno espera.
It was to a moribund horse, and Mr. Sidlow, describing the treatment to date, announced that he had been pushing raw onions up the horse’s rectum; he couldn’t understand why it was so uneasy on its le...
I only half realised at the time how lucky I was. I had a demanding, round-the-clock job, and yet I had the company of my children at the same time. So many men work so hard to keep the home going tha...
I have never been able to use that soap since. Scents are too evocative and the merest whiff jerks me back to that first night away from my wife, and to the feeling I had then.
I don't think he ever gave a thought to other people's opinions, which was just as well because they were often unkind
His favourite ploy was to push his leg round the corner of the table and withdraw it repeatedly just as the cat pawed at it. Oscar was justifiably irritated by this teasing but showed his character by...
But Siegfried held up a restraining hand. Just one moment, he slurred. The windscreen is very dirty. I’ll give it a rub for you. The ladies watched him silently as he weaved round to the back of the c...
At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the hi...
I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my...
Boric acid.
When they rolled into Darrowby in the small hours most of the occupants of the bus were unconscious.
Well, I had fallen down on the job and an octogenarian farmer had wiped my eye with two gallons of strong ale. I didn’t feel great.
Then the bull shook himself, turned his head and looked at us. There was an awed whisper from one of the young men: By gaw, it’s working! I enjoyed myself after that. I can’t think of anything in my w...