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Front-Ranger:
I took careful notes on my way back from Bay City, Michigan. But, I seem to have misplaced theml However, I remember what I wrote about, and I'm goin to talk about it on this thread!!

Front-Ranger:
Where to begin? I guess Aguirre is as good a place as any.

After the descent from the mountain, Aguirre looked at the flock and said, "Some a these never went up there with you." So, there were some extra sheep. But then it says that the count was not what he'd hoped for either. Meaning, the count of the sheep was lower than it should have been? Go figure.

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 17, 2007, 03:08:34 pm ---Where to begin? I guess Aguirre is as good a place as any.

After the descent from the mountain, Aguirre looked at the flock and said, "Some a these never went up there with you." So, there were some extra sheep. But then it says that the count was not what he'd hoped for either. Meaning, the count of the sheep was lower than it should have been? Go figure.
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Well, I've always taken that to mean he could tell from the paint marks that some of the sheep didn't go with them originally, but also that they were missing a few that DID. In other words, Aguirre is saying that in a disquieting way, everything seemed mixed.

Fran:
Aside from the one sheep that fell victim to the pack of coyotes, there most likely were others.  Ennis and/or Jack weren't with the sheep all the time, especially at night when the herd would be most vulnerable.  But even if one of them was sleeping in the pup tent, they'd still have to sleep at least part of the night.  Plus, the herd is spread out over a large area.  It'd be difficult to watch everything all of the time. I'd expect some sheep to die of natural causes, too, over the course of the summer. 

Joe Aguirre appears to be the type of boss that wouldn't be satisfied unless all of his sheep came back, and what were the odds of that happening?

David:
Indeed.  Not only was the count low, but he could see the incorrect paint markings on the mixed up sheep.    So he knew the boys were not doing what they were suposed to be doing.   And he saw that with his own eyes too.     He of course figured with two men up on the mountain and one sleeping with the sheep that the loss to wolves would be less.

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