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while she stood looking at this strange 

 thing, then she slowly walked round it. 

 Becoming bolder she actually ran at the 

 bird, and lowering her small head tried 

 to butt it, as she loved to butt her 

 companions. The bird left her eggs, 

 gave out a cry and flew in the face of 

 the lamb, and as she did so her mate 

 came down and joined her. Here was 

 some fun for the lamb, for she dis- 

 covered that the more she butted the 

 new playthings the more they " played " 

 with her ! The little white lamb frisked 

 round them, ducked her pretty head and 

 ran full tilt at the angry birds, and 

 the more they called and flapped their 

 wings, the more she liked it. Her 

 mother was trying to call her away, but 

 she was not going to heed her with two 

 such lively toys before her. The lamb 

 ran a couple of yards, and of- course 

 the birds followed, and she thought it 

 was a right royal kind of race. Back 



