Sheepy goodness

If there is a sheep within a ten kilometer radius I will find it and molest it. Recently I got to go to a petting zoo and do just that. Let me explain. Jenny works in an agricultural high school in Shimabara. This means that her school has cows, horses, sheep, goats, dogs, pigs, and a tonne of other cool barnyard animals. In fact, the school is famous because recently one of its cows was awarded the “most beautiful cow in Nagasaki Prefecture” award. Everyone was very proud, and I am not even joking.

In any case, Jenny’s school had a fair to showcase its various plants and animals, and so, swayed by the promise of sheep, I decided to go. Why I wonder, was I put in a commercial high school? I should have put on my application how much I loved barnyard animals. Then perhaps I would have had Jenny’s job and she mine. Ah well, its probably for the best – if I worked at her school I’d probably skip class to go play with the sheep and so thus wouldn’t be all that effective at my job.

Anywho, I love sheep. I really do. I don’t know why but there is just something endearing about them. So trusting, so gentle and yet somehow seemingly sarcastic. Also, they love me. I ended up leaving the Agricultural fair with a bunch of plants and having touched a great many animals. I also bought some cheap vegetables and cooked that evening. Sweet potato stir fry it was and it was pretty damn good. My cooking repetoire is actually expanding. Although I guess when all you know how to make are scrambled eggs, there is nowhere to go but up…..