A woman named Tawny has shared on The Dodo the moving story of Yul, a little goat who not only fought bravely for her life, but also found a unique way to communicate.
“When I saw him struggling to breathe, I knew I had to intervene,” Tawny says, describing the first days after Yul’s rescue. They were very hard moments in which every second counted for her, constantly feeding her and giving her warmth with hugs to maintain her body temperature. The goat, which at first was so fragile that it could fit in a bowl, soon began to show signs of strength.
Tawny’s dedication was beyond imagination. She took Yul everywhere, even to the supermarket, making sure he never felt alone or unprotected: “The first few days I was awake non-stop because I was convinced that if I left him alone, he would stop being alive.” This deep relationship between them grew stronger with each passing day, and Yul’s recovery became her joint project, filled with love and hope.
Finally, Yul began to take his first steps, a moment that Tawny describes with obvious excitement: “Little one, little one, can you show me how you walk? Look how you walk. I can’t even describe how it makes you feel.” This progress marked the beginning of a new phase in his recovery, in which Yul not only learned to walk, but to run.
As Yul grew older, his personality also began to stand out. From venturing onto the countertop to making the bus her playground, she displayed a curiosity and joie de vivre that amazed everyone. Tawny never imagined that she would have a goat living on the bus with them, but Yul had become an indispensable part of her life.
At three months old, Yul’s weaning process has begun, but his morning routine remains a special moment: “Every morning, we get out of bed. He’s still sleeping in bed with me at this point. We have our coffee, he “He has his bottle.” Afterwards, they spend time in the pasture with the rest of the goats, a moment that reminds him of her true nature.
Although, from the looks of it, Yul is aware that he must get back to Tawny. So when she’s tired of being with her friends, she just has to bleat for them to come pick her up. The woman has also learned to communicate with the animal: “Around noon, sometimes I hear him bleating across the field towards me. I go, beep, beep back, and he calls me back.”
