They would be a sitting target, a free feast for the hungry coyotes. Farmer Palmer mistakenly thought that with no lambs left, the coyotes wouldn’t bother attacking his flock. With so much on his mind, the farmer clearly wasn’t thinking straight. If it hadn’t been for his desperate hopes that Lewie and the lambs would still come back, he would have packed up his remaining animals there and then and headed home. The police were showing no real enthusiasm for the task of finding his missing animals and the farmer felt very frustrated. Later, his daughter, Millie, asked, “Papa, are you sure the flock will be safe tonight, with Lewie gone?” The farmer replied with more confidence than he really felt. “Don’t you worry about that. The flock will be just fine.” But Millie wasn’t entirely convinced, and nor were the sheep. They were worried about their lambs, and about Lewie, but now they were also anxious for their own safety. Ginger tried to stay strong and reassure “We’ll be just fine,”
