Ernest Pérochon

“ As for the bulls, they had to be broken in very young, otherwise they were likely to become dangerous. The breaking in of Giant had been delayed too long, because he was so handsome.
"Giant will tickle your ribs," said the old man. The two farm-hands and the young master shrugged their shoulders, used as they were to living with cattle.
Gideon never came near the bull without teasing him. The bull responded, clanking his chain, lowering his head with a long, threatening bellow which rumbled in his giant throat. ”

“ Boiseriot, who was bringing in an armful of feed, kept his eye on her. Noticing that in her agitation she was trying absent-mindedly to milk a cow she had already milked, he sneered as he brushed past her:
"You were afraid for him, weren't you? ... Devil take you, I'll sic the boys on you yet!" ”

“ Giant was a descendant of a cow named Marjolée that the old man had bought twenty years before at a Twelfth Night Fair, during one of those very severe winters that we don't get any more. This Marjolée came from Nantes and was beautiful above, superb below, well built, and a great producer of butter. Try to find cows like her nowadays! There had been Griselle out of her, Farinière out of Griselle, and out of Fariniere there were Pomponne and Giant, the gray bull with the black collar. ”