THE COSSET LAMB 
-#e HIS playful little creature makes a 
delightful comrade, and becomes very 
much attached to its boy and girl play- 
mates. As a matter of fact, the older 
i lambs have games which they play con- 
fm stantly by themselves. One isa true game 
of ‘‘Follow-my-leader.”” Each lamb runs 
as fast as it can, pushing ahead to attain the place 
of leader; when it succeeds, it leads its followers a 
hard chase over most difficult places, across streams, 
over stone piles, and logs, or any other obstacles it 
may find. This game is of great use to the lambs 
that belong to the wild flocks; because, when 
sheep are attacked by wolves or other creatures, 
the leader, who is a wise old sheep, leads the 
flock over streams and chasms and rocks in a flight 
which leaves the enemy behind because of the diffi- 
culties of the trail. 
The other game which lambs play is peculiar to 
stony districts. The lamb climbs to the top of a 
boulder, and its comrades gather around and try 
to butt it off. The one who succeeds in doing this 
climbs the rock and is ‘‘it,’’ and strives hard to keep 
its position. This kind of training would enable a 
sheep to climb to a difficult position and protect 
itself against an enemy trying to reach it from be- 
low. A pet lamb of ours had a game which consisted 
in jumping across thresholds. It would run from 
room to room and at the thresholds would leap high 
in the air, as if it were jumping a fence or rock. 
The lamb’s long legs serve to enable it to follow its 
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