Earnest Denial

"Me...?"

"But..."
"But...that's against the rules. Cows aren't allowed to milk themselves. We must wait for the owners to milk us."
"So you weren't the one who had the milk pumps?"

"I could never disobey the owners." She whimpers.
"I'm a good cow."
"And the backpack isn't yours?"
"Actually...it is."
"It is?"

"Mhm." "But, I lent it out not too long ago. She was asking for something to store her books in, and her backpack recently broke. So, I...um...lent her mine."
"Who?"
"But if I say she could get in trouble..."
"...Well...okay...um...It was to 22022."

The Black Cow.