OH NOOOOOOOO ! ! !

I roamed about the property this afternoon looking for interesting subjects to photograph. Got some mushrooms and other interesting items for future challenges.  I headed to the pasture to check on the girls.  There's usually always something worth capturing on film out their way.  I almost choked as I saw Maile laying flat on her side, head turned up ward.  Oh My GOSH ... Lord, please don't let her be DEAD ! ! ! 

Why I did what I did next is beyond me!  I snapped a shot of her, THEN I called out her name ... it looked like she was breathing ... her belly heaved in and out  ever so slowly ... good sign ~ at least she was not dead, YET.  "MAILE!" I bellowed (don't laugh!  I really can bellow if deemed necessary!) A startled Maile shook the flies off her nose and stood up very fast.  AAAAAAAAARGH ... WHY ME!!!  They are like pranksters!  I looked in their water tub ... it was empty.  I wonder if she was exaggerating "dying of thirst" .. perhaps, but a bit overdone, don't you think.  Look closely at the photograph, doesn't it LOOK like she's dead?