Sheep Of The Week
You’re not safe anywhere.
At first glance this seems to be a shaggy sheep story – ewe can never be too careful these days – but it is perfectly true.
A group of teenagers were walking on Slieve Bearnagh in Northern Ireland’s Mourne Mountains when a strange thing happened. One of their number was hit by a falling sheep which had attempted to jump between crags.
Emergency services were summoned – a team of 17, would you believe – and the youth was treated and patched up and then transferred to Ulster Hospital emergency’s department. Fortunately, he sustained no serious injuries and must have been a bit sheepish in recounting what happened.
The sheep, meanwhile, did what any self-respecting mountain sheep would do in the circumstances. It brushed itself off and walked away, none the worse for its ordeal. After all, it had had a soft landing!
