Unto us a lamb is given

The Spectator (UK) ^ | 12/15/2001 | Horatio Clare

[Orual]

Very nice post - lovely painting.

They must be saying, "Baaaa. That's like no sheep I've ever seen before."

[dighton]

"Moore will mean worse."

[Orual]

As the Asian said in his newly-learned French, fills me with, "Onri."

[Joan_of_Argghh!]

Thanks for the ping. It also looks like one sheep is "cast down" and unable to get up. Very interesting subject.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I posted a truly horrific picture last winter at the height of this government slaughter of the bodies of destroyed sheep burning on a funeral pyre -- the smoke filling the valley. Really eerie. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the piece (it was a picture from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "Picture of the Week") and I can't find it anymore with a self search. I would have liked to have posted it to go with your story. It really illustrates the story better than 10,000 words.

I can't imagine how the English farmer is to be able to make it. As for the rest of us, we can expect good wool sweaters to cost a lot more.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I don't know what this lovely painting is supposed to represent. It looks like this shepherd (or is the woman the shepherdess?) is about to seduce her. Neither one is paying attention to the sheep. Perhaps it is also a warning about pastors, teachers, attorneys, psychiatrists and others who influence over vulnerable "flocks" to keep their minds and their hands on the business of the day, rather than leading their charges astray!