Paul McCartney, in the latest episode of his website feature “You Gave Me the Answer,” responds to questions about some of his animal encounters.
He says, “We used to have rescue-deer, and one day I needed to move one from one paddock into another. So I thought, ‘Well, I’ll just pull him in there! I’ll just get hold of his antlers,’ he was a male, ‘and I’ll just pull him into the next paddock.’ Oh, they are strong! This ended up like as a wrestling match with me and this guy. I didn’t realize how strong he was. I think I did get him into the paddock eventually, but after quite a struggle.”
And, with it being Easter season, he was asked if he’d ever birthed a lamb. “Yeah. You occasionally do that when you live in the countryside. The person who’s done that recently is Arthur, my grandson, who’s been brought up around the farm. He lived in London, but visited the farm a lot and so is used to being around sheep and stuff. Well, he and his mum, Mary, were horseriding one day when they noticed a sheep was lambing, and it looked like she was having trouble. So Arthur got down off his horse and helped to birth the lamb, which was very slow. I was most impressed, ‘cause it’s a bit of a messy job! But I thought that was very good of him. That’s my most recent ‘lamb story.'”
Arthur is McCartney’s oldest grandchild, who turns 25 today (Thursday).
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