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.<\/p>\n
And then, for about an hour, I thought it had escaped.<\/p>\n
Because you see, there are so many animals in my pen right now that I couldn’t find the sheep.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The Company can kiss my butt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … <\/p>\n