Sheep and Lambs.
Bessie's Country Stories.
SIX VOLUMES.
| THE SHEEP AND LAMB. |
| THE YOUNG DONKEY. |
| THE LITTLE RABBIT-KEEPERS. |
| THE COCK OF THE WALK. |
| THE COWS IN THE WATER. |
| THE YOUNG ANGLER. |
Bessie's Country Stories.
THE
SHEEP AND LAMB.
ILLUSTRATED.
New York:
SHELDON AND COMPANY.
1871.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868,
By SHELDON AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern
District of New York.
Electrotyped at the
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,
No. 19 Spring Lane.
By SHELDON AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern
District of New York.
Electrotyped at the
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY,
No. 19 Spring Lane.
THE PET LAMB.
HERE you see the squarechurch-tower, in the pictureof the "Sheep andLamb," stands the prettyvillage of Greenham, hidden behindthe trees. The sheep and lambsthat appear so little, because theyare such a way off, are grazing onGreenham Common. The two thatare so near you, and the pet lamb,round the neck of which the little[8]boy has placed his arm, are in asmall paddock, often called a croft,close, or field, that is separatedfrom the Common by a bank, onthe top of which the little child sitswho is feeding the sheep. The girlholding the child, and the boy lookingover his shoulder, live at Greenham,and have come across theCommon to ask how Johnny's fatheris, and to look at his pet lamb.You will notice that Johnny looksvery grave and sad; and well hemay, for his father has met with anaccident, and has not been able todo any work for several weeks, andis so poor that he will be forced tosell his two sheep and Johnny's pet[9]lamb to pay the rent of his cottage.You cannot see the cottage in thepicture, nor anything but a bit ofthe little field that lies at the backof it, in which the boy sits fondlinghis lamb. That girl is servant in agreat farm-house, though she doesvery little besides looking after thechildren and feeding the poultry,for they keep great
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