Krag:, the Kootenay Ram 



horns. Krinklehorn also was well grown, as 

 heavy as Krag, but not so tall, and with horns 

 that looked diseased, they were so short, thick, 

 and bumpy. 



The autumn came again, with the grand re- 

 union of the families, the readvent of the Ram, 

 and also with a readjustment that Krag had not 

 looked for. He was just beginning to realize 

 that he was a Ram, and to take an interest in 

 certain Ewes in the flock, when the great Ram 

 came, with his curling horns and thick bull neck ; 

 and the first thing he did was to bundle Krag 

 out of the flock. Krag, Krinklehorn, and three 

 or four more of their age were packed off by 

 themselves, for such is etiquette among Sheep. 

 As soon as the young males reach, or nearly 

 reach, maturity they must go off to study life 

 for themselves, just as a boy leaves home for 

 college. And during the four years that fol- 

 lowed Krag led a roving bachelor life with a 

 half-dozen companions. _ He became the leader, 

 for he inherited his mother's wit, and they trav- 

 elled into far countries, learning new pastures, 

 new ways, and new wisdom, and fitting them- 

 selves to become fathers of large and successful 



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