Mrs Down's Diary, October 20 2005

The devil flies are still attacking the sheep.

This morning John came in for assistance to catch an ewe that has maggots in its shoulder.

Incredibly, she must have originally had maggots in her foot, and then because she ewes sleep with their legs tucked up (this one does in any case) the maggots have crawled into the fleece on her shoulder and wriggled through into her flesh.

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