Summary of Just like George Bernard Shaw
For James Herriot, a playwright, George Bernard Shaw, who was one of his heroes, recently broke his leg while pruning apple trees in his garden. His broken leg got popularity in entire England.
Being a vet, once Herriot was called by Casling family to cure broken leg of a calf. Casling family farm sets high in the Yorkshire. His farm was in isolated place and difficult to find. To reach there, one had to walk through gloomy, garlic-smelling places. As Herriot got out of the car, Mr. Casling and his two sons, Alan and Harold welcomed him. Father was sixty years old while his sons were in their thirties. At that time, the calf was in the field. To cure the cow, he demanded a bucket of water. Then, they laid the calf on the sparse turf. Harold stayed by the head (of calf), Alan at the middle and their father sat by the middle. At that time, the writer felt irritated at such gathering.
Then, the writer dipped plaster bandage in the water and applied in fractured leg. The calf was a very small about a month old. While curing the calf, nobody spoke to him. He wanted somebody would say anything. In order to avoid silence, he said calf was "just like Bernard Shaw". He was trying to say that like Shaw, calf also had broken leg. About half a minute, nobody responded because they didn't know about Shaw. They thought that he was from rustic place, Darrowby. Later, the writer told them the fact that Shaw lived in London but they had thought that like them; he was also a farmer. After this incident, the writer thinks that all fame is related so that in the future, he would pay special attention to share such fact to the people.