{"id":197695,"date":"2025-04-22T01:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T01:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animal\/the-next-chapter\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T01:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T01:09:21","slug":"the-next-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=197695","title":{"rendered":"The Next Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>So, where were we\u00a0 (apologies for the cliff-hanger)?<\/p>\n<p>Ah, yes.\u00a0 So Lambie and Bert were best friends and along came &#8216;Ster and war broke out resulting in Bert leaving to go and live in the hill for nearly a year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77675\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BN2A7716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77686\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BN2A1739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the thing is, living in the middle of the hill as we do, I would often see Bert go past.\u00a0 I even went over to the hill sheep&#8217;s shearing pen (cr\u00f6 or cru) in September to ask Bert if he wanted to come home but he just said no thank you, he had his own friends (the hill sheep) now.\u00a0 So I had to leave him there and it broke my heart.<\/p>\n<p>While Lambie and Ster were very happy growing up together, it didn&#8217;t seem right that Bert was not here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77685\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BN2A1703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would be lying if I said either Ster or Lambie missed Bert.\u00a0 They didn&#8217;t but I did.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77681\" src=\"https:\/\/myshetland.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BN2A7854.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then, one day in October 2016, I said to Ster &#8220;I really miss Bert&#8221; and, with that, Ster left &#8211; it is pretty easy to escape from here if you want to.\u00a0 Lambie, of course, was thrilled because his dream of being an only sheep (child) was finally coming true but I would leave the small gate open into the hill just in case Ster wanted to come home again. 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