Lamb’s First Day Out

Mother, Daughter, and Auntie Kaboodle Out in the Woods Together

The last few days Kit and her lamb have been kept in one of the nice rooms in the barn that opens up to a small fenced in yard.  They have done well here and both mother and daughter are doing very well.  But Kit seemed anxious to get out into the woods to find some delicious fresh grass to munch on.  Because the lamb seemed to do a good job keeping up with Kit as she walked around, I thought it was a good idea to let them out and explore a little.  Things looked pretty good.  Kit went off eating her way to bliss while the little lamb trailed right behind her.  I decided to head into the house for a short time, but kept going out periodically to check on them. 

From the kitchen, I could hear the terrible shrill of Kit’s screams.  I put on my shoes and raced out to the barn.  There was Kit and Kaboodle, but no lamb.  Kit was making such a fuss that I couldn’t hear if the baby was crying somewhere out in the woods.  Kit and I ran off into the woods in search of the little lost lamb.  We started in the obvious placed, but no lamb was found.  Kit wasn’t calming down.  In fact, the more we looked, the louder Kit cried.  I made three or four passes, up and down the paths the sheep have eaten away, looking under bushes, branches, and anything where a little lamb could hide herself.  Nothing.  I was starting to panic.  I heard an owl off in the distance.  Was the lamb carried off?  My mind didn’t want to think about that fate.  I kept looking.

Finally, way in the back of the woods, off of every trail and away from all the tall grasses the sheep love, I saw a glimmer of white.  Just a little white fleck through the green brush.  I ran in that direction and found a sleeping little lamb.  I picked her up and held her.  As soon as Kit saw her, she became quiet and ran up to sniff, to make sure this was in fact hers.  She was satisfied and the three of us went back to the barn.  They are now back safe and sound in their small yard, where they will stay until the lamb is a little older.