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Sunday, May 16, 2010
The Naughty Shepherdess
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Bernadine
Once upon a time, there was a tired woman, she had not been sleeping well. It was Spring, and Mother Earth had blessed the woman's farm with many babies, that Spring. After many sleepless nights, a calf was born, then a lamb and another and another, till 14 lambs were born with still more were to come.
It was a sunny Sunday and the woman, her husband and children went to Stake Conference, which lasted 2 hours! Despite the fact that it was filled with good advice, the woman and her family, had a hard time staying awake. So when she got home, she headed straight for the trampoline and climbed up onto it, in her dress and high heels, she lay down and went to sleep. Now the previous night, as the woman had slept, she had dreamt that a lamb would be born, all white with a black head. When she awoke and told her husband, they talked about how that was not too possible. As the woman now slept, on the trampoline, she heard a ewe bleating, she was in labor. Now this is where the woman became a naughty shepherdess. She picked up her cell phone, speed dialed 7, for her son Jacob, and in a half awake state told him to check on the ewe in labor. Then she pulled a pillow over her face and went back to sleep.
A few minutes later, the ewe was making grunting noises and the Naughty Shepherdess rolled off the tramp and hurried over to the sheep pen in her bare feet, groaning at the pricking ground and cussing out her children under her breath, for not being obedient and checking on the ewe. The ewe was not happy and the Naughty Shepherdess ran in the house and groused her son for not checking the ewe. He had, he said. Then she sat by the corral, in an arm chair and ate her roast beef, red potatoes, green beans and corn and watched the ewe... ... Her husband came out, still wearing his suit and the Naughty Shepherdess told him to change because she didn't want his suit dirty. She was being very bossy and grumpy because her nap had been interrupted, but also because she knew he would need to help deliver the "something wrong" lamb.
But before he could change, she saw a head and a leg, instead of two feet and a nose and told her son to catch the ewe. She said some not-so-Sunday-words while they got the ewe on the ground. Phew, her husband had arrived and he pushed the "something wrong" lamb back into the ewe, found the other foot and out popped the lamb. It was all black with a mostly white head. Hmmmm, not like the dream, and the eweling was named Leah, because it felt like it took 7 years to get her out.
Then the Naughty Shepherdess, realized that she should not be grumping and stomping and using words not good for a Sunday, or any other day of the week, and that she should be grateful for a family who loved animals, especially lambs who liked to come out wrong, and a husband who gave lambs mouth to mouth (and said lamb anmiotic fluid tasted better than human amniotic fluid) and who very dearly loved her, even though she was a naughty shepherdess.
2 comments:
This cracked me up :) I love that you neamed her Leah :) All of us need to remember not to use not for Sunday words, once in awhile :)
Bernandine: This is Jan and Paul Gillette, hope you remember us it has been a long time. Belinda told me that you had this blog awhile ago and I finally read it and LOVED IT! It takes a special person to live the way you are but it looks as tho it is full of lots of fun experiences. It was also fun to see how your children have grown. Ours are 15 and almost 16. But just wanted to let you know we have thought of you over the years and are glad you are well. <3 jan
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