[Jacob-list] The grass is always greener...or not?

[SharHill at aol.com]

Something I thought fairly amusing happened the other day when I was putting 
up a new fence to section off a part of the barnyard.  None of the sheep were 
in sight, so I opened the gate that separates the barnyard from the house and 
the sizeable yard there.    I drove the truck through and parked it where I 
needed it, then looked up to see my 5 ewes scurrying out of the gate, heads 
down and sneaky looking.  They began to greedily snatch mouthfuls of 
delicious lawn grass and trotted around the house to the front yard.  I was 
about to run after them, when I remembered I don't have to worry anymore 
because I recently installed a gate across the driveway and they can't go 
anywhere.  They always sort of try to get out of the barnyard to get at the 
grass on the other side of fence, so I just let them have at it.  I worked on 
the fence a while, but within 30 minutes, I was surprised to see all 5 ewes 
return to the barn on their own.  I guess that grass on the other side wasn't 
all it was cracked up to be.

Sharon