Satisfying the Sheep

Introducing Sheep

Part III: Keeping sheep happy

My eyes opened as the fog gained a light glow this morning.  The idea of needing to feed of a flock of sheep compelled me to get out of bed.  I can't disappoint so many families!  

The sheep began to voice their excitement when I stepped out of the car, and they baaaa'ed louder and louder as I neared.  I tried to keep their calls from making me anxious and hurrying me through the process of dispersing hay.  When I opened the gate, they flooded out across the field.  They sure had a heyday with the hay.

I came back in the early afternoon, before they needed to be brought back into the corral, because I had this sinking feeling that something had gone wrong.  The fence lost electricity.  A desperate coyote leaped over the fence.  The sheep wanted to taste grape vines.  I caved in after a few hours of thumb twiddling and checked on them.  As I approached, I couldn't see anything behind the grape vines.  They were gone.  They were eating neighbors' vines.  I knew it.

But, no, I made it up the hill and they were all there.  I walked up to them and they looked at me, reassuring me that they were content.