"No, I really can talk sheep!" Graham said with a laugh. "Although now I kind of wish it was a pun, that'd've been a great one! Though it's nowhere near as good as my Capybara, and definitely not up to my Squirrel, but it should be enough to get by! Check this out."

Graham took a second to clear his throat, pulled himself up importantly with fingers steepled at his chest as he proudly rattled off a series of baas and bleats, and then grinned at Arden proudly.

"That," he announced, "was me saying 'hello, lovely sheep of New Zealand! My name is Graham and this is my new friend Arden, it's very nice to meet ewe all!

"Admittedly, though," he added, a little remorsefully, "THAT pun actually does get a little lost in translation."