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The phrase ‘pathetic fallacy’ had been hidden away in the back of my brain from when I studied English in school. In simple terms, it refers to when things in nature reflect the mood of a person.
A vet’s job is to make sick animals better. That’s a very simplistic view, but as a rule of thumb, that’s how it’s supposed to go. When you have an animal that is unwell, you ring the vet with the hope that, armed with the knowledge, the expertise and the meds, they will make the animal well again.
“It seems like the only price that’s on the way down is the milk price,” said an exacerbated farmer in our clinic this week.
As I drove in the driveway after a long day, I saw that my lawnmower ‘Trigger’ was in trouble again.
Forty shades of green – that’s the phrase that has been synonymous with our country for many years and it rings true as I drive around every day.