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I could tell you another story, if you want. Maybe a happy one?
[To make up for the lack of happy today.]
[To make up for the lack of happy today.]
Let's go find a place to sit then, and I'll tell you a nice story.
[To the common room! They can sit on the couch while she tells a story.]
I think I know just the right one for today too: the story of the first time my brother Onni sheared a sheep.
I think I know just the right one for today too: the story of the first time my brother Onni sheared a sheep.
Twelve or thirteen, somewhere around there. That's about the age when kids start working real jobs where I'm from. But Onni, he gets scared of stuff easily, especially if it's stuff he doesn't know well. So he tried his best to be brave about it, but you could tell he was nervous about messing up. Shearing a sheep isn't easy, it's a live animal after all!
So our parents got him one of the younger sheep, figuring he could manage a small one on his own. But when he got close with the shears, the sheep ran right at him!
So our parents got him one of the younger sheep, figuring he could manage a small one on his own. But when he got close with the shears, the sheep ran right at him!
As big as a normal sheep. So about waist-high and four feet long.
It's a little intimidating when you're only thirteen though! Onni dove out of the way and landed in some mud.
It's a little intimidating when you're only thirteen though! Onni dove out of the way and landed in some mud.
[It was pretty close to the size of her brother, yeah. But upon seeing that face, she laughs.]
It's fine! The sheep have a lot of wool on them, they're a lot smaller and skinnier when the wool is shaved off. But they try to intimidate people by charging at them.
It's fine! The sheep have a lot of wool on them, they're a lot smaller and skinnier when the wool is shaved off. But they try to intimidate people by charging at them.
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