exposure by Sue Weaver
Baasha ’s last portrayal .
Last workweek was a sad , deplorable week at our farm . Our elder sheep , Baasha and Dodger , left for sheep heaven on Wednesday and Mom is as glum as can be .
Baashawould have been 14 shortly , so she was a very old sheep . Her legs were naughtily crippled with arthritis . Dodger had arthritis too .
Baasha was a littleClassic Cheviotand weighed 85 pounds , so when she felt creaky and needed assistant develop up , Mom could give her a boost .
Dodger was a vast , ancientHampshire , so he weighed about 300 pounds and Mom could only lift him if he helped . On Monday and Tuesday he did his best but on Wednesday morning he stopped trying and would n’t even wipe out his food . Baasha sprain down her food as well . She seemed to sleep with their time had come .
Now there ’s an empty place on our farm and in our heart , but they both lived long and happy animation , each in their own way .
Dodger began life as a 4 - H ball club Elia with a boy in southern Arkansas . After the 4 - H fair , Dodger ’s male child move over back the typewriter ribbon Dodger pull ahead and took him home instead of sell him for inwardness . That was a very skillful kid .
Dodger was a bountiful stud !
Then Dodger became an worker ! He and Angel ( she endure with us too ) were part of the nativity scene inThe Witness , a melodic dramatization of Jesus ’ life held Friday and Saturday evenings throughout the summer months down south in Hot Springs , Ark. They did that for awhile ( they ’re in the videodisk of the melodious yield ) , but got bumped by a performing camel . That ’s show biz !
After a twelvemonth or so of retirement , a nice lady gave them to Mom . Dodger and Angel were Mom ’s dream come true — her very first sheep !
Mom loved Dodger and Angel so much that after awhile she wanted some registered sheep so she could cover them . She heard of another nice lady betray her last fewMiniature Cheviot Hills , so mom called her up and they spill the beans . The lady send pictures of her favorite ewe , Baasha . It was sexual love at first sight , so Baasha and Abram ( a youthful tup ) affect here .
Baasha never went to a show or set foot on a stage but she had Elia , beautiful Charles Lamb , so that all of our little sheep are her descendants . And she was the sweetest , friendliest , most beautiful sheep that ever lived . Her grand Charles Lamb , great - grand lambs and great - great - exalted lamb will be born this spring .
Stick around ; I ’ll introduce you to them as they ’re born .
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