Seeking greener pastures. A stray lamb, lost without his flock. Wandering in search of belonging. Loneliness fuels his anxiety, compelling this gregarious creature onwards in spite of weary legs.
Haunted by his appearance, or perhaps self-judgement, he remembers why he left the herd. This little black sheep doesn’t fit in with the flock. The sinking realisation that, surrounded by others, he’d never felt so alone.
Yearning for something more, perhaps one day the lost lamb will realise the grasses aren’t always greener on the other side - or that his restless roaming saved him from becoming another lamb to the slaughter.
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Super!!! Excellent story!!!
I love this story.