The Oldie

A call to Christianity's lost sheep

At 4.45 on a midsummer morning, I was woken by something sounding like a strangulated crow.

On looking out of the window, I saw 20 sheep, mixed in size and colour, happily grazing on the front lawn under two Indian smoke bushes in all their pink candyfloss glory.

The view was very pretty and very funny.

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