Prickles the sheep has been found! 綿羊 “隱居” 七年後重返農場

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Alice Gray, farmer
When we saw her across the dam, we thought, ‘what is that? It is massive!’

愛麗絲·格雷農場主
“當我們看到水壩對面的她時，我們想：那是什麼？個頭可真大！”

Prickles the sheep is a master of self-isolation. She spent seven years alone, lost in the Tasmanian bush.

綿羊 “皮刺”（Prickles）是自我隔離大師。她獨自生活瞭七年，迷失在塔斯馬尼亞的灌木叢中。

Alice Gray, farmer
In 2013, there was a huge bushfire and all the fences on our farm were burnt, and so we had to rebuild them and we believe that Prickles was trapped in a bush block at the back of our farm then. We didn’t know Prickles existed, however we had an inkling because we set up some night-time cameras to see if we had any deer. One night, we saw this huge ball, fluffy thing, come and peer into the lens, so we had a feeling there was some creature out there.

愛麗絲·格雷農場主
“2013年，一場叢林大火燒毀瞭我們農場所有的圍欄，所以我們得重建圍欄，我們認為 ‘皮刺’（Prickles）當時被困在瞭農場後面的灌木叢中。那時我們並不知道 ‘皮刺’（Prickles）的存在，但有一絲頭緒，因為我們在農場上裝瞭夜視攝像機，用來查看周邊是否有鹿。一天晚上，我們看到有一個巨大的毛球走瞭過來，盯著鏡頭看，所以我們覺得好像有什麼動物在那裡。”

So how was Prickles discovered?

那麼，“皮刺”（Prickles）是怎樣被發現的呢？

Alice Gray, farmer
It was actually my son Barclay’s sixth birthday. And because we’re in isolation, we couldn’t have a birthday party. So we went up to the back of our farm to have a barbeque, and then it was there that we saw across the dam this huge sheep.

愛麗絲·格雷農場主
“那天其實是我兒子巴克萊的六歲生日。因為在隔離期間，不能舉辦生日聚會，所以我們去農場後面的圍場燒烤，就在那裡，我們看到瞭水壩對面的這隻巨大的綿羊。”

Alice’s husband caught the enormous sheep.

愛麗絲的丈夫抓住瞭這隻巨大的綿羊。

Alice Gray, farmer
He was just clutching this gigantic sheep. She was upside down, her wool is so thick. She wasn’t very happy about it, but because she’s in tremendous condition and she’s very strong and so it actually took five adults to get her into the back of the ute [pick-up truck] to bring her back to the farmyard.

愛麗絲·格雷農場主
“我丈夫緊緊抓住這隻巨大的綿羊。她四腳朝天，身上的毛特別厚實。她當時不太高興，而且她身體狀況很好，十分強壯，所以五個成年人一起幫忙才把她搬進瞭皮卡車的後備箱裡，把她帶回瞭農場。”

Prickles is adjusting well to farm life.

“皮刺”（Prickles）正在很好地適應農場生活。

Alice Gray, farmer
She’s doing wonderfully. You can probably see her in the background somewhere. She is surrounded by a little herd of sheep. She’s going to be staying in our retirement paddock for the rest of her life. So she’s going to spend her days in a happy place.

愛麗絲·格雷農場主
“她狀況非常好。你應該在我身後能看到她。她身邊圍著一小群綿羊。她會呆在退休動物圍場裡度過餘生。所以她將在一個快樂的地方生活。”

Alice plans to put Prickles’ enormous fleece to good use.

愛麗絲打算好好利用 “皮刺” （Prickles）身上大量的羊毛。

Alice Gray, farmer
We were talking about how marvellous she is at social distancing. And that got us thinking about Covid-19 and the sort of way we could use Prickles’ fleece to help people. And so we decided to have a ‘guess the weight of her fleece’ competition and the money is going to go to UNHCR, which is the United Nations Refugee Agency, because if there’s one group of people on this planet who can’t socially isolate, it is refugees. So we have a shearer booked and she’s going to take off Prickles’ fleece and we’ll be able to announce the winner.

愛麗絲·格雷農場主
“我們談到她保持社交距離的能力有多厲害。這讓我們想到瞭新冠肺炎，以及我們可以怎樣利用 ‘皮刺’（Prickles）的羊毛來幫助他人。所以我們決定舉辦一場競猜，猜她身上羊毛的重量，競猜籌集來的資金將捐給聯合國難民事務高級專員公署，也就是聯合國難民署，因為地球上有一個群體是無法進行社交隔離的，那就是難民。我們預約瞭一位剪毛工，她將剃掉 ‘皮刺’（Prickles）的羊毛，之後我們就能宣佈競猜獲勝者。”