June• 2018 | 17he came out, I got lots of kisses!
At bedtime I had to sing
‘Unchained Melody’ to him. He
would kiss me a lot, particularly
in the mornings when he would
sit on my head watching the birds
outside eat the food I had put out.
My favourite memory is of his last
Christmas in 2014. He asked, “What
doing?” I told him that the following
day was Christmas Day and that the
decorations would cheer us up. Next
morning, he was out early kissing
me, and it continued all day. hat
night, as I put him to bed he had a
very satisied look on his face.
On his last day, he clung to me and
lay in my hand for hours. I placed him
on a feather duster in a small box so
that he could be on my walker tray
while I cooked dinner.
At bedtime, he protested when I
put him in his cage, so I asked him
if he wanted to stay in my bedroom
- lots of kissing noises followed. So
I placed him back into the box with
some water and seed. After the usual
songs, I told him to lie down and get
comfy. In the morning he was lying
down, one wing over his head.
I’m sure he still visits me.
PASTURES
GREEN
ROBIN KEOWN
My friend Pamela and
I are in an orchestra
group. Last November,
we drove to Marlborough,
New Zealand, for a ‘Top of the South’
orchestra music workshop. We
enjoyed each other’s company,
discussing the repertoire: a mixture
of classical and modern music.
I mentioned how much I was
enjoying practising Beethoven’s
Pastoral Symphony on my cello, when
Pamela exploded into a it of laughter.
Stiling her laughter, she explained
that recently, while she had been
practising her violin for the workshop,
her pet lamb, Baabie, had wandered
into the house, as it often did. Not
wanting to break her concentration,
she ignored her pet and carried on
with her practise until a strange noise
caught her attention. he lamb was
nonchalantly chewing on a piece of
paper that lay on the loor. Realising
that the sheet music must have
luttered of the music stand, she
leapt up to rescue it. he clever lamb
obviously had ‘good taste’ – it was the
Pastoral Symphony!
I, too, broke into laughter and
responded that the lamb would have
done better with Bach’s ‘Sheep May
Safely Graze’!