I don’t know if sheep have a soul, but they do grieve.
This mama delivered a stillborn today.
I didn’t find it until this afternoon.
The mama had perfectly cleaned the baby lamb.
She stayed with it until I found her.
Obviously, I couldn’t leave the stillborn in the field, so I scooped it up.
The mama followed me for a moment but then started running around the field looking for her baby, baa-ing constantly.
She checked all the other lambs. Sniffing. Baa-ing. Move on to the next.
After she made it back and forth a number of times, she stopped searching, but she kept baa-ing. Alone. No lamb returned her call.
Farming has so many rewards, but sometimes it can be hard.
Real hard.
(Written by John)
