As I develop “Mist from the Mountains”, my mother’s time as a little shepherd is of great interest to me:
“How high up the mountain did you watch the sheep as a girl?”
“High. Do you see that fold between the peaks? The kraal1 was just over the ridge.”
“How many sheep?”
“I cannot recall…”
“One?”
“No.”
“Two?”
“Hum, we must have had about twenty; then Uncle Mike would throw in his flock—so, about forty sheep.”
“High. Do you see that fold between the peaks? The kraal1 was just over the ridge.”
“How many sheep?”
“I cannot recall…”
“One?”
“No.”
“Two?”
“Hum, we must have had about twenty; then Uncle Mike would throw in his flock—so, about forty sheep.”
- Afrikaans, pronounced [kRaahl] with a trilled [RRR]: a pen, in this instance, for the enclosure of sheep.
Forgotten Fields 
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