Krag, the Kootenay Ram 



The Gunder Peak band of Sheep was made 

 up of six or seven Ewes with their Lambs, three 

 or four Yearlings, and a promising young rising 

 Ram, two years of age, and just beginning to be 

 very proud of his horns, now in what is called 

 the " ibex " stage. He was the largest member 

 -of the band, but not by any means the most im- 

 portant. The leader was a sagacious old Ewe ; 

 not the one that had tried a round with the 

 Spikerdoe, but a smaller one with short, stubby 

 horns, who was none other than the mother of 

 Krinklehorn, the little bully. 



The Sheep think of this leader, not as one to 

 be obeyed, but as the one safe to follow, the one 

 who is always wise ; and though they do not give 

 one another names, they have this idea ; there- 

 fore I shall speak of her as the Wise One. 



The Spikerdoe was a very active Sheep, in 

 her early prime, cool, sagacious, keen of eye, 

 nose, and ear, and forever on the watch. At 

 least once in three steps she raised her head to 

 look around, and if she saw anything strange 

 or anything moving, she did not cease gazing 

 until she had made it out and went on grazing 

 again, or else gave the long snoof that made 



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