A pack of coyotes 土狼群

Nov. 15                         Sun.                         Morning frost/Sun
十一月十五日               星期日                      晨霜後晴
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White frost
白霜
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The peacocks dry their feathers in the sun
孔雀晾翅

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While walking the dog, Nung-fu met a neighbor who has lived by the creek more than thirty years.  He walks his dog every morning in the neighborhood and knows everything around.
Nung-fu told him, we lost this and that, …..  He said, “It is the coyotes.  And not only one.  A pack of them.”
“A mountain lion came to the hills lately and drove the coyotes down the valley.” He said, “One neighbor lost nine geese one night.  She wouldn’t unfold them at night any more.”  Likewise, we locked all of our animals up through the night.
He also said, “There once was a two thousand goat farm in this area.  The coyotes killed the goats every night.  The owner gave up the goat farm and turned it to a cattle farm.  At least, cattle are much bigger than coyotes.”
Nung-fu asked him, “What can we do about it?”
He said, “We can do nothing, unless the loss is one of our babies, they’ll do something about it.  The problem is nobody wants to sacrifice a baby.”
He continued, “There are predator control officers working for us.  When coyotes came to my farm long time ago, I did report to them right away.  Since then, they checked my farm regularly and reported to their boss which made my head ached for many years.  Now I’m free of farm animals.”

農夫遛狗時, 遇到ㄧ個住在小溪邊三十多年的鄰居.  他每天帶狗在附近散步, 了知鄰里事.
農夫告訴他說, 我們損失了這個那個,…  他說, “是土狼, 還不止ㄧ隻, 是ㄧ群土狼.”
“最近山上出了ㄧ隻山貓, 把土狼都趕下山來.”  他說,”ㄧ個鄰居一晚損失九隻鵝, 她再也不敢放鵝在野地過夜.”  就像我們夜晚把鵝鴨雞羊關起來一樣.
他又說,”這地方曾經有過一個養了兩千隻羊的牧羊場.  土狼天天來吃羊.  場主只好改養牛.  至少牛比土狼大太多了.”
農夫問他, “我們要怎麼辦呢?”
他說, “我們拿牠們沒輒兒, 除非少的是一個我們的小孩, 政府才會動手做點事.  問題是沒人肯犧牲一個小孩.”
他繼續說, “政府有獵捕管制人員替我們服務.  多年前, 土狼來我農場, 我立刻通知.  自此, 他們定期來農場檢察, 報告上面.  教我頭疼了好幾年.  現在我不養動物ㄧ身輕.”

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Trench before the rain
雨前挖渠
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