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Paws for thought

The Great Mystery Animal Hunt began with a spooky close encounter in the apple-tree paddock.

Michele, who keeps different hours to the rest of us, had gone out there well after dark to feed, pat and talk to our pet sheep: Xanthe, the queen of all she surveys; Elizabeth Jane, the ewe with no ears; S’periment, who walks like a ship rolling in heavy seas; and

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