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Show THC SMALLEST SHEEP. II I.Ith In lltllt.nr an I I. Mo lllfltr Than l, Dof. The very smallest ot ell kinds ot sheep Is the tiny Ilreton sheep. It Is too small to bo very prutltablo to raise, for, ot course, It cannot have much wool, and, ns for eating, why, a hungry hun-gry man could eat almost a whole oni at a meal. It Is so small when full-1: grown that It ran hldo behind a good-1. lied bucket. It takes Its namo from I: the part ot franco whom It la most raised. Hut, It not n profitable sheep, I It Is a dear llttlo creature fur a pet, tor It Is very gentlo nnd loving, and, be- I causa it Is so small, Is not sucli a nulsnnro about tho houso as was tho celebrated lamb which belonged to n llttlo girl named Miry. Any little girl could find room In her lap for a Ilreton sheep. One ot this llttlo creature's pe-, cullarlttca is Its cxtrcmo sympathy j with tho feelings ot Its human friends, when It his been brought up as a pet In tho house, and lias learned to distinguish dis-tinguish botween happiness and un-happiness. un-happiness. If any person whom It , likes Is very much pleased about any- ( thing, and shows It by laughing, tho llttlo sheep will frisk about with every , sign of Joy; but, if, on tio contrary, the person shpils tears the sympathetic friend, will orlnce its sorrow In an equally unmlstikablo way Stray Stories. |