4 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



great pasture which was as large as this whole town. 

 This was a queer pasture, you will think, when I tell 

 you that there was no fence at all around it; and 

 when we spoke of it we called it a prairie. Every 

 morning Prince would help my father drive the sheep 

 to this prairie. A place was found where the grass 

 was good, and here the sheep would spend the day. 

 One of their number wore a bell, and through the 

 day we could hear the distant tinkle of the bell. If 

 for any length of time we failed to hear it, some one 

 went with Prince to the prairie to see what was the 

 matter. 



At night my father would call Prince and say, 

 " Prince, bring up the sheep ; " and away he would 

 trot, alone, the very instant he was told to go. He 

 gathered his flock together and drove them home. 

 If any sheep was hurt or sick so it could not go, 

 Prince, after trying to get it along, would leave it 

 and drive home the others. He knew just how fast 

 the sheep could go without becoming tired out, and 

 no matter how many rabbits ran across his path, he 

 never left the sheep to chase the rabbits, though he 

 enjoyed nothing better when by himself. On reach- 

 ing home, had a sheep been left behind, Prince would 

 go to my father, look up into his face, bark, and start 



