When Torquil’s Blackface flock excluded poor Isobel the Icelandic sheep from their patch of grass again, reporter Donachie Redburn the sheep, from Ewe Tube, set out to interview his fellow Blackfaces.
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Donachie calls out to the flock - “Hello over there! Hi, Sheilagh. Good morning, Declan, Dave, Dermot, Big Dougal and Deirdre.”
General muttering from all – “Quick, look busy. Eat some grass.”
Donachie approaches Big Dougal first – “Dougal, is it true that you’ve excluded Isobel the Icelandic sheep from the flock?”
Big Dougal looks over to Declan and Dave, with a very sheepish expression – “Baa!”
Donachie – “Aw come on Big Dougal. Don’t play innocent with me.”
Big Dougal moves away and the rest of the sheep tag on behind in single file – “Baa!”
Donachie, remembering that he’s an intellectual sheep, musters every last ounce of energy and fights an incredible urge to fall into line and blindly follow them. Once he regains strength, he turns his attention to Isobel the Icelandic sheep – “Hello Isobel. Welcome to the flock. Glad to see that you’re settling in around here. How do you like living on the highland island?”
Isobel – “Baah! Baah! Baah!”
Donachie – “Ah, sorry Isobel, I . . . eh . . . don’t speak Icelandic.”
Isobel shouts – “BAAH! BAAH! BAAH!”
Donachie startles so much that he forgets his breeding and trots off after the Blackface flock – “Baa!”
(Editor’s note – this translates as “Wait for me guys!”)
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