They’ve been making mud drums at school. And yesterday, the mud drums came home.
‘So what’s this?’ I asked, pointing to the top. I was just curious. I didn’t mean to start some earnest lesson.
‘It’s goat peel,’ he said.
‘Oh,’ I said. He must have noticed my flinch which was also kind of a laugh, because that’s a bit funny goat peel.
‘It’s all right,’ he said. ‘The goats were dead.’ Small silence. ‘They didn’t kill them.’ Small silence. ‘Just for this.’ Small silence. ‘Did they?’
adelaide from adelaide 
Why do you think he used the word ‘peel’?
Just mixed up skin and peel – like orange skin, orange peel.
I never noticed before now that skin & peel both work for plants but animals only have skin (except sunburnt ones, I guess)
I just love this.
that’s a lot funny, goat peel.
(say it a couple of times out loud)
Tanned leather does have little dots on it, kinda like orange peel.
I’m in awe of the concept of ‘goat peel’….but why mud drums?
I just loved this too.