The special sheep

What a blessing we have to be able to enjoy 65 sheep. Yesterday evening, I decided to visit them again. I picked some green leaves and threw the leaves over the fence into the sheep area. We do have many African indigenous fat-tailed sheep, which are rather small, very agile, and tough. They all tried to get their share of the leaves. Our two “Dorper” ram, who are much bigger than the African traditional sheep, came slowly, approached the area where the leaves had fallen down and with a very soft, very sweet approach they also got their share. They did not fight, or jump or push the others. With their inherited sovereignty they just went where they wanted to go. I was surprised by the fact that these two rams could have dominated the whole scene and could have forced all the others to where they wanted them to be. But they were gentle, soft, totally secure in who they were and also respecting the others with their very fiery temperament. I thought for a second that these rams are a little dull, but no, they seemed to be very intelligent, just gentle and kind. While standing there and watching them, one of the shepherds came to join me. As he approached, a white small female sheep ran towards the fence and jumped to stand on two feet to be closer to the shepherd. That very moment the shepherd stroked the sheep and said: “This is my best friend.” How amazing that even the sheep knows this.