THE SHEPHERD DOG 5 



toward the prairie. We always knew from this that 

 something was wrong, so my father would follow 

 Prince and get the poor sheep home. 



Our cattle were kept in a fenced pasture. One 

 Sunday, on returning from church, we saw that some 

 strange cattle had broken into this pasture and were 

 grazing with our own. The gate of the pasture was 

 opened and Prince told to "drive them out." He 

 knew our own cattle well, and we all watched him as 

 he went into the herd, picked out one by one the 

 strange cattle, and drove them to the gate. 



How do you think Prince could tell which cattle 

 were not our own? (He had sharp eyes.) Have 

 the shepherd dogs that you know sharp eyes ? Why 

 do you think so? Of what color are their eyes? 

 Do all the dogs which you know have eyes of this 

 color? Do the little puppies have brown eyes ? Are 

 the shepherd dog's eyes larger or smaller than your 

 own? Of the same shape? Are they in the same 

 part of the face as your own? Tell what you 

 have learned about the shepherd dog's eyes. 



But when Prince started out for the sheep, was it 

 his eyes that told him where they were? (No, he 

 could not see them.) How did he know where they 

 were? (He might have heard the bell.) Could he 



