We'd just had a fun day wading up a tiny tributary in the Buller R system. Like many farms we asked permission to fish, there was livestock. In fact, this particular farm had oodles of livestock. Have you ever walked through paddock after paddock, with hundreds to low thousands of curious sheep? It's a most bizarre feeling, much like the old Far Side cartoons. Without fail, while sheep spook and run away, many times they circle back and follow you, as though you should be dressed in full shepard garb. On this evening, it got a little silly, as 1500 sheep followed us for a mile across the paddock. Finally, Amelia gave in, revealing her prophetic message to her minions... which loosely had something to do with baldness and death. Poor sheep didn't see that coming.
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