SMITH 



BUSTER BROWN, A SHEEP 



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His next fleece was given to the Red Cross and it was auctioned 

 off for one hundred dollars. This made him famous, he became 

 known as "The Red Cross Sheep." Large sums have been 

 offered for him. Every herder in the countryside knows him by 

 sight, and will fight for him at a moments notice. 



All his fleeces have been given to charity, except his last one, 

 which wasn't very good and only weighed seven pounds (his 

 heaviest fleece was fourteen pounds). 



It is the custom with many herds to keep two or three goats for 

 leaders to cross streams and follow bad trails as they are con- 

 sidered braver than the sheep. 



During the last two severe winters when the sheep were being 

 forced through the deep snow in order to get them to food and 

 shelter, Buster would cheerfully take the lead and break trail for 

 miles when the goats could not be made to budge. But he is now 

 enjoying a well earned rest; he considers himself one of the family 

 and does pretty much as he pleases, the best known and most 

 loved range sheep in Wyoming; and like the true veteran he is, 

 he never says a word about the way he did his bit in the world war. 



Buster and two of his friends 



