Fate has a new assistant. Gus comes and sits with her as she watches the sheep, and watches her back. If the sheep move too close to Fate, Gus barks at them and stands in front of her. It has not occurred to him that any of them could stomp him into the ground, and perhaps because of that, they don’t.

He holds his ground, usually longer than Fate. Life is always curious and wonderful on a farm.