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run around the house with Tiny in pursuit. Then 

 suddenly, he would turn with a bark and chase 

 the lamb, which would run in its turn. 



Sometimes pigs got into the yard, and the dogs 

 were sent to drive them out. Tiny ran with them, 

 just as though he were a dog, too. He could not 

 bark, but he put down his head and butted at the 

 pigs, scaring them almost as much as the dogs did. 



When Tiny grew to be a big sheep he was sent 

 down to the pasture with the rest of the flock ; 

 but he had lived at the house with people and 

 dogs for so long that he would have nothing to 

 do with sheep ; he did not even know his mother, 

 nor did she know him. He kept quite away from 

 the others, over in a corner by himself, and baa-ed 

 plaintively. 



When Nelly came down to the sheep pasture to 

 see how he was getting on, he rushed to her. He 

 nuzzled his nose in her hand, and was so delighted 

 to see her that she took down the bars and let him 

 come out. 



He followed her home very quietly, keeping so 

 close to her that her skirts brushed against him all 

 the way. 



Before Tiny had been sent to the sheep pas- 



