Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 26
imes it is given the care of a flock of sheep:and, though it may seem too puny for such a task,it is in fact quite equal to it. The misguided sheepthat tries to trifle with the agami soon has cause torepent the experiment; for, with a swiftness unri-valed by any dog, the feathered shepherd darts… … THE BIRD THAT DEFENDS THE SHEEP. to please him by a solicitude for the well-being ofall that belongs to him, which may fairly be termedbenevolence. It is never shut up at night as the other fowl are,but, with a well-deserved liberty, is permitted to takeup its quarters where it pleases. In the…
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