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THE SHEEP 

 (By COMPARISON WITH THE Cow) 



What other animals, besides cows and calves and 

 horses, have you seen grazing in pastures ? (Sheep.) 

 Have all seen sheep ? [If any are unfamiliar with 

 them, a visit should be made to one ; or, better, to a 

 flock. Perhaps some child may have a pet lamb, 

 which, like Mary's in the poem, might follow her 

 "to school one day." This would afford an excellent 

 opportunity for close study.] 



Watch the sheep as it eats grass. What does it 

 do ? How does it bite off the grass ? (With its 

 front teeth.) Look at these front teeth. [The chil- 

 dren might do this at home and report the following 

 day. They discover that the sheep has no teeth in 

 the front part of its upper jaw.] What other animal 

 have you found lacking teeth here ? (The cow.) 



See how long the sheep chews the grass before 

 swallowing. What are these sheep over here doing ? 

 (Lying down and chewing their cuds.) What will 

 these sheep that are eating so rapidly now do by and 

 by ? What other animal eats grass in the same way ? 

 (The cow.) From what you know of the cow's cud, 



