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Show HP Daddy's W4Eveiii Fairy Tale rfyARY GRAHAM BOWJER t 1 LEADER SHEEP "These nro tlio ways of Sheep, "said Leader Sheep. I All the Sheep listened to Lcadci Sheep. "It Is true." ho said, "that Sheep nro timid. They are somewhat like the members of tho Deer family in that wny. "They nro often very much nfrald of a dog. A sheep lias been known to die from having been frightened by a dog. "But thnt does not happen often, nnd bo us brnvo ns possible, Sheep I" "Han, ban, bnn," bleated, tho Sheep. "We will bo us bruve as possible, bun, ban, baa." "Clood," said Lender Sheep. "Thnt is what I want to henr. Una, bau, baa, that Is what I want to henr." "And you heard It, didn't you?" tho Sheep snld. "Una, baa, baa, you heard "Yes," snld Leader Sheep, "I did, and it mnde mo hnppy." "Ilnn, bnn, baa," tho Sheep bleated, "lie heard It, and it made him, happy." "All Sheep must bo good to their little ones Just ns they have always been. Tho Dnddy Sheep nnd Mother Sheep hnvo always been kind nnd sweet nnd loving to tho darling littler lambs and so they must always be." "They will nlwuys bo loving to the darling Inmbs" sold tho Sheep. "Bnn, baa, baa. A Dnddy Sheep or a Mother Sheep cannot help but be good to tho young." "Thnt Is right," snld Lender Sheep. "That In thn wav Ir hns nlwnvn hwn, ' "There We Can See." I and thnt Is the way It should nlwny be." "And It Is the wnv it will nlwnys he baa, bna," bleated the rest of the Sheep "That rejoices my heart," snk Lender Sheep. "Ah yes, that rejoice! my henrt." "Ban, bnn, baa," said tho othoi Sheep. "It rejoices his heart." "Thero Is nlwuys only ono lendci among n flock of Sheep," snld Lcndot Sheep, "nnd ns you huvo chosen me tq bo your leader, or hnvo consented to let me bo your lender, 1 hope yot, will always follow me." "Wo will nlwnys follow you, Leadci Sheep," they said. "Ban. bnn. bnu, w will nlwnys follow you." "Thnt, too, rejoices my heurt," said Lender Sheep, "Ban, bnn, bnn," snld the other Sheep. "Lender Sheep Is hnvlng n -gcod time, for his henrt Is being rejoiced re-joiced every fow moments." "Thnt Is true," said Leader Sheep, "That most certainly Is true. "And now, Sheep, 1 wish to tell ,vo thai If I go through n fenco you must nil go through the fence too. t do not mean of course that you ore tc go through the wood part, or wire part of a fence. "But if I go through the hole of r fenco you must go-through thb hol ot n fenco too, following me." "Bun, ban, bnn," blented the Sheep. "We will follow you. Leader Sheep." "Thnt rejoices my heart," snld Trader Sheep. "Hun, bun, bua," snld the other hlwvV. "Once more his heurt Is rejoicing." re-joicing." "True, true," snld Lender Sheep, "once moro Is my heurt rejoicing. "If wo see a stone being thrown wa will keep away from thut part of the countryside. Oh yes, we will be direful. dire-ful. "I will lead you to the op of a high hill nnd there we cun s'eo about us." "Wo will follow you, Lender Sheep We will follow you. bun, bun, baa." , So tho Sheep all followed Lender Sheep. And wherever he went, they went too. Tho little lumbs plnycd nnd hnd a very good time, Jumping up nndlon end copying each other. Whnt oni wu?(i iSL ,,,a Jt woulj do. showlrv jthnt even though the .were you I they too yould (follow a lender. And Lender Sheep led the oth 0 safely and well. " |