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"Baa! baa! old sheep, 

 Have you any wool?" 



"No, sir; yes, sir; three bags full. 

 One for my master, one for my dame, 

 One for the little boy that lives in the lane." 



"But how can he get it off his back?" queried 

 wee Jamie. 



"To be sure! How can he, children?" 



"Pull it off," shouted Sam. 



'Take him to the barber and have it cut," sug- 

 gested Fred. 



"Pretty good," laughed Miss Clare. "Do you 

 think our toy sheep could tell us anything about it ? 

 We might ask him." So the lamb came forth once 

 more and said: 



"Pretty cold morning, isn't it, children? I sup- 

 pose you all wore your thick coats to-day. I am 

 glad of mine now, but there are days when it feels 

 rather hot and uncomfortable. Do you know what 

 the farmers do for their sheep, then ? They cut or 

 shear off their wool. 



"Shall I tell you how I saw it done last year? 

 It was in June, when Farmer Brown said to his 

 man one morning, 'John, the sheep shearers are 



