Sunday, November 21, 2010

Bo Peep has lost her sheep

My sheep are always standing at their feeders in the morning, waiting on their breakfast. I was in a hurry to get everyone fed and hay out as it is the annual flea market at Peachtree Handspinner's Guild meeting today. I didn't want to be late. The lead ewe saw me coming and started her beeeehhhing as she kicked her heals up and ran off the hill toward me, she is always watching for the next meal. I only counted 21 sheep when I started throwing grain into the feeders. I walked up the hill with my bucket of feed and more came running, that made 32, still 4 missing, I was getting worried, I have been hearing coyotes running just at dusk the last few days. I walked all the way to the top of the meadow to find the last four grazing on a small patch of grass, they have to go way out now to find anything to eat, they saw me and knew it was chow time. Needless to say they all beat me back to the feeders and gulped down their grain so fast one got choked, for just a few minutes.

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