Rummins the farmer explains how it is that he can control whether matings with his bull produce male or female calves.
Speculative in the manner of a ribald tall tale: the farmer controls whether male or female calves are produced by facing the bull toward or away from the sun during sex, and claims that it works for humans too. First published in the New York Times, September 14, 1974.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 |
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Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | Penguin Books | Collection | 1 |
| April 1990 |
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Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 1 |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | 705 | |
| August 1997 |
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The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Souvenir Press | Anthology | 159 |
| November 1998 |
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The Flying Sorcerers | Ace Books | Anthology | 174 |
| 1999 |
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The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Orbit | Anthology | 213 |
| 1999 |
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Scheibenwahn | Heyne | Anthology | 250 |
| February 1999 |
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The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Orbit | Anthology | 213 |
| 2001 |
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The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy | Orbit | Anthology | 213 |
| October 2006 |
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Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 777 |