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The worst thing you can do when you literally have just the one job in this world is to fail it. There are working people who can blame all sorts of things, but when all you need to do is make sure the sheep get from one place to another, there's just no excuse.
It's not by far the hardest job in the world. The sheep like to be guided, it's what they do best besides grazing pastures, so it doesn't take exceptionally high levels of leadership to stand in front of a sheep heard and get them to follow you. There's no Braveheart speech required, maybe just a whistle or two.
Plus, there are your sidekicks: the dogs. Get yourself three Border Collies and you've just cut your volume of work by nearly 100 percent. Be careful, though, that they don't get too cocky and go after your position. I mean, we all know they'd make a much better shepherd than you, but they don't, so let's keep it that way.
Well, as simple as I'm making the task of guiding sheep sound, it would appear it proved too much for a certain shepherd in the north-eastern Spanish town of Huesca. As he was taking his flock to the Pyrenees Mountains where they would spend the summer, he fell asleep. Without a leader, anarchy soon took over the sheep herd, and they started roaming the streets of the small, picturesque town.
Luckily, the shepherd was smart enough to sleep at night, so the traffic wasn't at its highest at 4 a.m. A police Renault Scenic was sent to assist with the dispersion of the 1,300-strong herd, and as yet another proof that just about anybody can do this job, it was successful.
In the end, nobody was hurt, and the sheep got to spend a night out in the city without anybody to chaperone them. I'm sure the sheep had the time of their lives - who knows, maybe it was even them who slipped something in the shepherd's drink. All in all, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of baby lambs getting born in the following months..
Plus, there are your sidekicks: the dogs. Get yourself three Border Collies and you've just cut your volume of work by nearly 100 percent. Be careful, though, that they don't get too cocky and go after your position. I mean, we all know they'd make a much better shepherd than you, but they don't, so let's keep it that way.
Well, as simple as I'm making the task of guiding sheep sound, it would appear it proved too much for a certain shepherd in the north-eastern Spanish town of Huesca. As he was taking his flock to the Pyrenees Mountains where they would spend the summer, he fell asleep. Without a leader, anarchy soon took over the sheep herd, and they started roaming the streets of the small, picturesque town.
Luckily, the shepherd was smart enough to sleep at night, so the traffic wasn't at its highest at 4 a.m. A police Renault Scenic was sent to assist with the dispersion of the 1,300-strong herd, and as yet another proof that just about anybody can do this job, it was successful.
In the end, nobody was hurt, and the sheep got to spend a night out in the city without anybody to chaperone them. I'm sure the sheep had the time of their lives - who knows, maybe it was even them who slipped something in the shepherd's drink. All in all, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of baby lambs getting born in the following months..
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