((PKG)) SHEEP FARM   
((TRT: 02:58)) 
((Topic Banner: The Spinning Shepherd))  
((Reporter: Maxim Moskalkov))
((Camera: Dmytri Shakov))  
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki)) 
((Map: Purcellville, Virginia))    
((Main character: 1 female))  
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
This one is Zeus. So, I can go up to him and go, “Hey, Zeus.” And 
once one gets attention, they’re all kind of curious, but there are 
the certain ones that will stay back. 
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
I grew up in the Midwest on a farm and I was the youngest, so 
there were always animals that, there were orphans and different 
things. Just like on Charlotte's Web, there was the animals that 
needed special care and nurturing. And I was really the one that 
did that when I was young. I was, you know, five years old. 
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
It was a toss-up at first when we started looking at, you know, 
livestock. And actually, it's between horses and sheep and I was 
thinking I was going to get both of them and start, you know, once 
we got the barn built. And I got two horses and quickly decided 
that was enough. It's like, it's a lot of responsibility to take care of 
animals and to train them.  
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
Smile. Bow for me. Bow. Back. That wasn’t very much, was it, 
huh? 
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
As a shepherd, and I do think of myself as a shepherd because I 
look over the sheep. I protect them. You know, we have coyotes. 
We have a lot of different things that sheep just naturally want to 
get themselves into trouble, just like a lot of livestock.  
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
I looked at different breeds, and a long time ago, I had decided on 
a completely different breed. I was looking for the qualities of 
wool. And since I did have some time to go back and look at 
different breeds again, there's a couple of them that are never 
really very friendly, but there are other ones that are, you know, 
just, they're almost pets. And I do make the mistake of naming 
them because, but it’s just like, it does. It helps me, you know, 
care for them. 
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
I had gone to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, one of the 
first years we were here, and I bought a raffle ticket and actually 
won that spinning wheel. So, from there, the fiber journey started. 
And I started spinning and weaving and just doing things with 
fiber. 
((NATS)) 
((Rebecca Brouwer, Sheep Farm Owner)) 
This is some of the yarn that I've had, and just look at the way the 
light comes off of that. It’s just, there's something about the quality 
of that wool.  
It's great for felting. It's great for spinning. It's great for weaving. 
It's great for knitting and crochet. All the different things. 
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