Dressed in my smart trousers, ballet slippers, mack and silk scarf, I'm taking a short cut across a field. What could possibly go wrong? Oh no! I stepped in a fresh, slushy cowpat! I wipe the muck off my shoe onto the grass and continue walking. But again and again, I find myself stepping into more cowpats, however hard I try to avoid them. What a nightmare; why I can't I look where I'm going better? My shoes are getting absolutely ruined!