Broad daylight or Dead of night

Barbara Turney Wieland, Chickens, heartbreak, micro-story, Nature, Poetry, Sheep, Spring, The farm, truth

On thé farm

 

This week only….

 

Approx tally:

 

Half a spring lamb

One whole sheep

A dozen or so chickens

One fox

 

Causes:

 

Fox attack

Unknown

Heart attacks / Fox attacks

Shot by farmer

 

Results:

 

Shock and horror

Bewilderment plus two orphan lambs to bottle rear from here

Loss of profit

One less fox to worry about

*possibly uncounted cubs crying for mum

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