Waning Crescent

We went to the dairy farm last night and I saw a newborn Holstein calf a few hours old. The mother was in her maternity barn still discharging the bloody glistening maroon-red afterbirth. Behind the mama cow's gigantic body was a calf the size of a medium-sized dog with wet black-and-white fur. I was afraid the big mama cow would roll over and crush her new baby as she heaved to squeeze out the afterbirth. I told the visiting families at the farm to look for the newborn calf behind the big momma cow, but not to be alarmed by the blood.