Day 254: I caught a sheep! It was wandering around close to where I was mining yesterday. So since I had some grain in my pocket (It was feeding day for the cows), I lured it all the way back to my pen.
And then, for about an hour, I thought it had escaped.
Because you see, there are so many animals in my pen right now that I couldn’t find the sheep.
A wise rancher on a populated land would handle this problem by taking some of the animals to slaughter. That rancher would probably also either have a butcher or a freezer (or both) to handle the extra meat.
A wise miner, which I’m supposed to be, would handle it by leaving large animals the flock alone, because we’re gophers, not ranchers.
I am a not-very-wise miner stranded on a planet with no other humans so far as I can tell. And a lot of trees. And a big field to the south of the area where I’m currently keeping my animals. So tomorrow will be all about fence building.
The Company will be furious if they find out that I’m not only exposing my presence on this planet through obviously-humanoid items, but also expanding it.
The Company can kiss my butt.