Final curtain for lambs

The lambs graduated Monday. Here Moe tries to climb the Smokehouse apple tree in the orchard. Is he telling me he's ready to move on? They boarded a shiney aluminum cattle trailer behind a new Mack truck.
Now I have to muck out the shed, put away the fence extension, give away the sheep feed that was left, and spread out the hay.
As much as I anthropomorphized Meeney, Miney, and Moe, I should examine what I was projecting.
I notice that often I attributed to them negative motives--getting a cheap break on feed, looking for an easy escape, etc. It occurs to me that I was just using them for an easy laugh.
The exact opposite could have been the case. Baaing might be telling me not to feed them, that I gave them too much already and gave them a tummy ache. Constant pushing at the fence might have been hints to tighten up security.
Anyway, they were good guys. I got a lot from them. Apologies to anyone who was disturbed by their baaing. They deserve a new, happy chapter in their lives.

Greener grass

Is grass really greener on the other side of the fence. O all creatures, I think sheep are the most gullible for this ploy. Their salivary glands don't seem to work unless they are pressing against one limit or another.
"The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence" implies that it's not, that it just seems that way, and we ought to learn to be content with what we have.

But the orchard extension to the pasture last week was really greener. And, full of dropped apples. So the new feeding pattern for Meeny, Miney and Moe is a twenty minute trip to the extension pasture where the grass is greener, the apples more lush.
But as soon as they get to the other side of the fence what are they interested in? Right, getting to the other side of the next fence.
I'm not going to go moral here, but there's something pathetic about their behavior. Is their goal to find refreshing, green, healthy grass? Or to cross another boundary. Or to get farther away from their shed?