British Family
This was the last weekend I spent with my adopted British family. Today, we didn't feel like sitting at home, so after going to Team Valley Deft and I went to Bishop Auckland to visit the castle. The place was practically littered with sheep! At first I joked about petting one of the sheep, but I decided to see how close I could get to one so I can try to take a picture with my friend's camera.
Well, I almost went up to one of the sheep on the hill, but it started looking at me and acting nervous. So, I decided to climb down the hill and we walked around to shoot some photography for my friend's Alien Adoption Agency game (he's King Arthur in his guild). As we were packing, I heard the strangest sound.
It sounded like a verbal hissing sound. Like someone hissing but with a weird sound to it. I looked over and saw...sheep! Yes! A sheep was making that weird hissing sound at a dog coming toward it! The dog looked like a giant black poodle and it actually hesitated for a few seconds before running back to it's owner. That sound worried me since I didn't think sheep were capable of anything but "baaaaaaah!" The sheep ran away and I looked at my buddy to see if he saw what I saw.
A few of the sheep kept looking at us menacingly as we walked by. I told him that I didn't think sheep could sound like that and it turns out he's never heard a sheep do that either. The British have some very crazy sheep, and when they go "baaaaaaaaah" it seriously sounds like people talking. It doesn't sound unique like a dog's bark, but it seriously sounds like what most people do when they try to mimic a sheep's call.
On our way back, we ended up caught in the middle of a gypsy convoy. I was shocked that gypsies still existed, but according to my friend they come through every single year in order to attend the Applebee Gypsy Fair. They supposedly live on other people's land while they are heading toward the fair, so many landowners place huge boulders around their land in order to prevent them from entering (the wagons they ride in won't go over the boulders).
I will miss them. I want to try to keep in contact with them when I head back home. I want to send them some things from America, but right now the taxes on mailing it would be way too high. However, I will eventually send them some souvenirs from America.
Well, I almost went up to one of the sheep on the hill, but it started looking at me and acting nervous. So, I decided to climb down the hill and we walked around to shoot some photography for my friend's Alien Adoption Agency game (he's King Arthur in his guild). As we were packing, I heard the strangest sound.
It sounded like a verbal hissing sound. Like someone hissing but with a weird sound to it. I looked over and saw...sheep! Yes! A sheep was making that weird hissing sound at a dog coming toward it! The dog looked like a giant black poodle and it actually hesitated for a few seconds before running back to it's owner. That sound worried me since I didn't think sheep were capable of anything but "baaaaaaah!" The sheep ran away and I looked at my buddy to see if he saw what I saw.
A few of the sheep kept looking at us menacingly as we walked by. I told him that I didn't think sheep could sound like that and it turns out he's never heard a sheep do that either. The British have some very crazy sheep, and when they go "baaaaaaaaah" it seriously sounds like people talking. It doesn't sound unique like a dog's bark, but it seriously sounds like what most people do when they try to mimic a sheep's call.
On our way back, we ended up caught in the middle of a gypsy convoy. I was shocked that gypsies still existed, but according to my friend they come through every single year in order to attend the Applebee Gypsy Fair. They supposedly live on other people's land while they are heading toward the fair, so many landowners place huge boulders around their land in order to prevent them from entering (the wagons they ride in won't go over the boulders).
I will miss them. I want to try to keep in contact with them when I head back home. I want to send them some things from America, but right now the taxes on mailing it would be way too high. However, I will eventually send them some souvenirs from America.
posted by Novice Novelist | 12:43 AM
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