The Gardens Had a Little Lamb....

Three weeks ago, we had a lamb delivered on our farm that was so huge, she cause mortal problems for her mother.  I found it late at night and began the regime of being the lambs mother.  This has been happily and excitedly received at school, but love of a cute little lamb only goes so far......

The kids and parents of our city school have really embraced the lamb, she has had to have first six, then four and now three feeds per day, so coming to school was the only option.  She has had love letters, birthday cards, delivery of fleece blankets, a roster of 'supervisors', a cage set up by the caretaker, special kids getting to feed her.....etc.... etc. 

I, on the other hand, have cleaned up pee, got up in the middle of the night to feed her, lost all my ranunculus flowers from the garden, put her into my year old Calais, where she once again peed(!!!), chased her through my house!!!!!! 

She has terrified the dog, made my farmer husband exasperated and probably rather disgusted a whole group of people- due to her lack of house training......  She has eaten many important documents, annoyed people who are less tolerant of loud baaarrring and generally made her presence felt at school.

Today it ends!  She is going into the orchard and down to two feeds per day!  I have done my dash!

Tonight, when I got home,  I let her out of the car and it was raining.  I had all my usual jobs to do, so I left her out and went off to move sheep, feed pigs, feed chooks.   When I got back, she had eaten my orchid, peed on my shoes, knocked over ANOTHER pot and broken it, shat on my doorstep AND then, when I went to pick her up, she ran off about a metre, just out of reach, then another metre and then…. out into the rain- another metre, and so on and so on and scoobbie, doobie, doo-bie……  AND I said “that’s IT!” 

I was going to just put her in the orchard with her little house, but I was too angry (and it was raining) so I just stuck her in her pen and tomorrow I am leaving her there.  THAT’S IT!

No more Greenie, Mother earth, lamb loving Principal!  That's it!  Sorry to the kids on the roster for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but I will make it up to you by........ getting some goldfish????????