LAMBS

[karenhealey]

Internets, I currently live in a rural town. We have gorgeous Victorian era buildings made out of limestone, and we have penguins.

Yup, penguins.

Eat your heart out, Northern Hemisphere, you and your ADORABLE SQUIRRELS that people MOCK ME FOR COOING OVER.

Penguins are gross and they smell like fish and one bit me once.

Anyway, at this time of year we also have lots of lambs, and the ones next door have prompted the following observations:


Things Human Babies Are Unlikely To Do In The First Few Weeks Of Life That Sheep Babies Definitely Will:

- Stand on their mother's back while she lies there placidly and then call out for her because they have forgotten where she is.

- Accidentally stick their heads in a stream of their mother's urine, pull it out, shake it off, look confused, and then DO IT AGAIN.

- Hump other babies.


LAMBS. They light up my life.

Comments

[derryderrydown]

It took me several re-reads to realise that the buildings were made of limestone, and there were also penguins. As opposed to buildings that were built of a mixture of penguins and limestone.

[sethrak]

I just came over here from LJ to make that very observation. ^_^ Although my initial mis-read involved public buildings with ornate Victorian carvings of penguins.

[karenhealey]

Well, there are frequently penguins in the building foundations! They like to nest there.

[derryderrydown]

Your initial mis-read is less horrifying than mine. I imagined dead penguins being mixed in with the mortar.

[moonvoice]

I too thought there was buildings made out of limestone and penguins. You are not alone. It took me your comment to realise that's not what was intended.

*hangs head.*

[karenhealey]

*cackle*

I'd better add a comma, huh?

[suzycat]

And me!