Today is HUG A SHEEP DAY!

What a happy cuddly day it is today. It is a very special day.  It is HUG A SHEEP DAY !!! Yippee that means I should get lots of hugs.
 I must say that this morning I went for a lovely relaxing walk along Wiggleway Lane to visit the animals at  Greengate Farm.  I wandered in the gate to see if anyone there wanted to hug me.  I went to see the cows in the fields,  I asked Buttercup, Daisy and Gertrude if any of them would like to hug me for Hug a Sheep Day.
I must say I was very surprised when they told me  that they did not want to hug me, they were more interested in eating their grass,   I went on to see the goats,  they were the same goats that came to my very special Olympic day. They were too busy climbing a pile of logs to hug me so I went to see the hens, they just pecked my green rubber boots,  no hugs there either.  Oh dear, I really did think there was more love in the world !   I did not give up though,  I visited the big beautiful brown carthorse.  He was much bigger than me and I am sad to say he didn't even see me !  He was swishing his tail and was more interested in keeping the naughty flies away.
 Oh dear,  Oh dear,  Oh dear,  I was beginning to feel that I was unlovable.
 I slowly walked home feeling rather invisible.  I could not believe that on this very special hug a sheep day, nobody wanted to hug me.

 I arrived back at Clover Cottage and guess what happened then.  My lovely piggy friend, my Valentine piggy friend rushed up to me and said HAPPY HUG A SHEEP DAY SHERBET!  She gave me a great big, enormous, cuddly, warm, lovely, affectionate hug and I was SO HAPPY.  All day I had wanted someone to hug me for HUG A SHEEP DAY and there she was waiting for me.  I invited her in to my cosy kitchen to share a delicious bowl of rainbow coloured fruit salad with me.
 Love from a very happy, thoroughly hugged Sherbet Sheepx
HAPPY HUG A SHEEP DAY TO ALL OF MY DEAR SHEEP FRIENDS BOTH NEARBY AND FAR FAR AWAYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Kathy Cat cooks a scrumptious meal for Sherbet Sheep

Well, I have very good news today, I have heard from my new sheep friends from far far away that Hug a Sheep Day is on October 27th so it gives all of us sheep plenty of time to make sure our wool is silky soft and smelling sweet ready for a lovely day full of hugs. I must say that I do feel particularly handsome lately after the lovely bath I had before my party. Pearl put some special lotion on my wool to bring out my curls and even though I am usually a very modest sheep, I must say that when I looked at myself in the mirror I thought I looked just like a film star. Forgive me if I sound a little vain but it is always best to be honest. I actually have a guest here with me today at Clover Cottage. Kathy Cat has come to share a meal with me and not only is she sharing a meal but she is at this very moment in my cosy kitchen very kindly cooking it for me. We both love to eat lots of vegetables in all the colours of the rainbow, so I picked her a big basket full of fresh, healthy vegetables from my garden and she is inventing something very scrumptious with them, I know this as there are some very delicious smells coming from my kitchen and it is making me very hungry.  Yummy Yummy said my tummy! Oh, Kathy Cat  has just called me and told me that the food is ready . I must rush off now .  Goodbye for now. Love Sherbet x

A kind Sheep Dog

 This morning, I went  for a little walk to tell all the sheep at the farm at the end of Wiggleway  Lane about Hug a Sheep Day.They were so happy to hear my news even though we are not sure which day it is yet. I will have to ask my new sheep friends from far far away to let me know which day it is. When I had returned back to Clover Cottage after my walk, I was just sitting in my garden resting under my oak tree, when the black and white Sheep Dog from the farm came to look for me. He came over to say hello, I gave him  a drink of milk from the jug of milk I keep for the hedgehogs and asked him why he had come to look for me. He told me that the sheep had told him the news and he wanted to help to look after all the sheep who gather together for Hug a Sheep Day. He said it was his job to make sure none of the sheep get lost and he wanted to be a kind of guardian angel on that special day.
What a good idea!  What a kind Sheep Dog he is. I told him I would really welcome his help when the special day comes.