Sheep Talk

Sheep 1

Sheep 2

Scene: 5am a few mornings before Eid Kbir, where every Muslim Moroccan family buys a sheep so they can slaughter it to represent when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son but at the last minute God gave him a lamb.  I am laying in bed as the sheep in the courtyard below me (sheep 1) and the sheep on the roof (sheep 2) are having a conversation. I am not impressed.

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa
(long silence)
Sheep 2: ba
Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

Me: (laying in bed staring at the ceiling) sigh

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

Me: (loudly roll over, like the sheep will hear how annoyed I am and stop) ugh

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

(3 loud bangs and hoof scratching on the roof)

Me: F*** This!

(clumsily roll out of bed, try to look descent, stumble up to the roof)

Me: WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT!?

Sheep 2: (blink blink) ba (runs into wall then stomps hoof on floor...stares at me and tries to butt me with his sheep horns)

Me: Well f*** you too, I was going to give you some bread with peanut butter on it to shut you up, but now I'm not.  Your loss, jerk.  (look down at the sheep in the courtyard) Screw you too!

(go back to my apartment, get back in bed, and close my eyes.  There is a long silence and I start falling back asleep)

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Sheep 2: ba

Sheep 1: baaaa baaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaaaa baaaaa

(long silence)

Me: (open my eyes, stare at the ceiling) sigh, fml...