THE COLLIE DOG 



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do. If any danger should appear, they will all crowd round it, 

 seeming to know that, like the shepherd himself, it is their true 

 friend. 



The cleverness of a collie was once shown in a remarkable way. 

 Just as it was growing dark, a large flock of lambs suddenly took 



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fright and scattered in three different directions. The shepherd, 

 after trying in vain to bring them together, sent his collie to look 

 for them in one direction, while he himself started off in another. 



All night long the shepherd walked without finding any of the 

 wanderers, and at break of day he came sadly back again to tell his 

 master of his loss. When he drew near the place from which he 

 had started, what was his surprise to see his faithful collie standing 

 guard over a flock of lambs! And what his delight when he 

 found that all three bands were there, and that not a single lamb 



was missmg 



