Sheep Dogs
In our Western world, or lush green field, most people are peaceful sheep, contentedly mulling about and never feeling the need to look over the shoulder. Fortunately there are a few sheep dogs with one eye on the sheep and one on the wolves. The sheep don't like the sheep dogs and bitch at them, sometimes snapping at their ankles and ganging up against them. They can't understand why they don't just chill out and enjoy the sunshine and grass. They hate the constant reminder the sheep dogs bring of impending danger from the wolves; they would rather live in denial, a give-away sign of a sheep. The sheep dogs also look or act a bit like the wolves, something the sheep find disturbing despite the fact no sheep was ever harmed by a sheep dog.
The sheep dogs just ignore them and carry on regardless knowing it's a tough job but someone's got to do it for these ungrateful but lovable lumps of fluff. Fortunately, they're not aiming to be popular.
The sheep dogs don't expect or want the sheep to become as them. That would mean the sheep dogs' job had become pointless; what's the point in defending a nice herd if all or most of the herd has become defensive and potentially hostile? A field full of sheep dogs and no sheep would be a meaningless place with nothing good to defend; a field full of sheep and no sheep dogs would be a perilous place doomed to destruction. The sheep dogs simply want the sheep to realise the threat posed by the wolves and accept the need for the sheep dogs.....and vote for them on voting days and not for fellow sheep.



