7 words that you never imagine you will utter.  

There is a goat in the garage!

I was sitting on the patio, drinking a cup of coffee enjoying the morning sun and contemplating once again the magnificent views surrounding me when I heard in the distance a goat.  

Now its not unusual to hear goats and sheep around about although in the street where we live this is not a daily occurrence.  

I looked up and there strolling down the road was a goat. I looked on amused wondering where it had come from and more importantly where it was going to.

All of a sudden the goat did an about turn and ran towards the garage.   

Myself, always ready with my camera for a bit of drama grabbed my camera and shouted to my husband: “Johan, there is a goat in the garage!”  

I actually laughed out loud at this point, ‘a goat in the garage?!’  

Johan appeared and walked towards the goat, at which point the goat took off and ran around the back of the house, I ran to the other side as I knew the patio doors were open and a goat in the garage is okay but a goat in the lounge was taking it one step to far.  

The goat and I met, head on as we reached the patio doors at the same time; we locked eyes, I lowered my voice and said, ‘ach goatee, are you lost?” (I know, I know, I could have at least called him Billy or Jilly or something original, but ‘goatee”?!)  

At this point I heard in the distance someone calling and the goat, stopped, looked towards the voice, checked me out once more, lowered his head and bounded off towards his boss, he did throw me a backwards glance… probably thinking Goatee, what the …..?  

(That presuming the goat was bilingual and understood English).