Terry Cummins

Feed My Sheep Terry Cummins

FEED MY SHEEP is the story of boy and his grandfather. Theboy, going on 13, watched his grandfather slice away the skin from a stillbornlamb. The grandfather told the boy to throw the dead lamb into a hollow. It washard to take the cold, skinned carcass in his hands, but it was a normal thingto do in that time and place. The grandfather took the skin to tie on anotherlamb, and try to save it. He cared for all his sheep, and saved every lamb hecould. The boy needed to learn how to tend the sheep. That's what mattered.- The time was soon afterWorld War II in1947.- The place was their hill farm in north central Kentucky. - The story is about two lives, about a boy learning how to become a man.- It's about growth and struggle, about love and caring for all life aroundthem.- It's about nature and the immersion with all those natural forces that shape,form and nourish in such a compelling way.- It's about the wind, the sky, the sun the animals, and the forces from theearth that sustain them.