THE SHEEP AND THE DOG

Isn't this the most gorgeous looking sheep?

When I was at quilting today, Kerrie K was telling us all about this sheep and dog her family had.

The story begins quite a few years ago in Brisbane where Kerrie was a student.  She and a number of girls were living together in a house in Park Road.  One of the girls bought a dog and when Kerrie saw the size of the puppy's paws she said to her friend, "That is going to be a very big dog!"  And sure enough, as time passed the dog grew bigger and bigger and bigger.  So big in fact that one day when they were out walking the dog jumped on to the roof of a car.

The day finally arrived when it was decided that the girls could no longer look after Rex and they needed to find a new home for him.  As Kerry's parents lived on a farm up in Northern Queensland near Mackay it was decided to contact Kerrie's dad and see if he would be agreeable to Rex moving to the farm.  Kerrie's dad said that would be just fine and the girls organised for Rex to fly to Mackay where Kerrie's dad would collect him from the airport.

It didn't take Rex long to settle in on the farm and Kerrie said he just loved going to town on the back of Kerrie's dad's ute and doing what a good farm dog does - herding the sheep and keeping them safe.

One day though, the family noticed that Rex and his favourite friend the Sheep whose name has been forgotten, disappeared.  The weeks passed and everyone began to wonder what terrible end had come to Rex and his friend.  Perhaps a dingo had attacked Sheep and Rex had gone into rescue mode.  Perhaps the sheep had fallen down a ravine and Rex had gone down after it to rescue it, couldn't, and had stayed with his friend until death had overtaken them both.

And then one day who do you think wandered through the farm gate?  Yes!  It was Rex and his friend Sheep.  The picture above is a picture of Sheep and if Kerrie's dad can find a picture of Rex, I'll forward it on to you both.

Doesn't Sheep look naughty?  It looks as though it's looking out of that gate and asking itself, "Where to now?"

xxxxNan