Status Updates From Three Bags Full: A Sheep De...

first three chapters done. i'm getting a little restless - finding out who the killer is doesn't excite me that much

Say what you will about Bible bashing Beth but damn, that girl was a good friend. As conflicting as it is for what she did, Beth is a good friend. She knew that if she would just let him go, they wouldn’t bury him and she took one for the team. Either way, George was going to do it he was going to do it. He was determined time had spent out for him and he felt he couldn’t live without his soul. Poor Man

The sheep go to the pub to take part in a contest so they can get closer to humans and expose Beth, and Fosco entertains the crowd by drinking Guinness. Mopple freezes when he sees the butcher in the audience, disrupting their plan. The chapter also introduces Officer Holmes, a discouraged policeman drinking at the pub and reflecting on his stalled career.

A man arrives to collect drugs, money, and files, revealing that George was involved in trafficking and used the sheep to move contraband; Rebecca negotiates her way out of the operation. Lily later admits she was with George on his last day before he left to the pub & fears blame without her receipt. After a strange dream, Mopple becomes convinced she knows who killed George, though the answer is still withheld.

The will reveals that Gabriel and Rebecca wanted control of the sheep and the caravan, but the sheep choose Rebecca, angering Gabriel. Beth tells Rebecca that McCarthy was secretly buying land to build a slaughterhouse, which explains why Gabriel, Tom, and Harry may have wanted him stopped. Rebecca reads a sad story to the sheep that hints at George’s hidden relationship, an unknown man arrives at the caravan.