arnyard. Some farmers keep sheep in

heds made for them.

"We must give them hay to eat and water to drink. If they fall sick, we must are for them.

"In places where there is not much snow, heep can stay in the fields all winter. But ur sheep cannot. So it is hard work aring for them.

wool. They do not need it any longer to keep them warm. Summer is coming again.

"The wool that comes off a sheep we call a fleece. We sell wool by the pound. So we like the fleeces to be thick and heavy.

"Men buy the wool from the farmers. They send it to the mills. There it is made into woolen cloth.

"The sheep are good friends of yours, Peter."

"How do you know?" asked Peter. “I never played with them before."

"Because they gave you the warm mittens and stockings that you wore last winter."

"Those were black," said Peter. they made from the black sheep?"

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"Were

Maybe they were," said Farmer Brown. 'But don't you know that white can be urned into any color?"

"Is it magic?" asked Peter.

THE PINK ICE CREAM PARTY

Mr. Brown took Peter and Polly back to e farm. On the way down the hill they w a snake.

That is a good snake," said Farmer "His name is garter snake. He We must never try

rown.

ill not hurt any one.

kill him."

"See how fast he can go along," said olly. "But he has no legs. He does not He makes curves like our

straight.

tle brook."

At the farm Mr. Brown gave a call. Two mbs came running around the house. hey came close to Mr. Brown and said, Baa, baa."

"These are our pets," said Mr. Brown. Their mothers died when they were little abies. I brought them into the house.

"Mrs. Brown fed them with a bottle. he fed them on warm milk. She took care

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They will follow her everywhere. They will go up on the piazza.

If the door is open, they will walk into the house.

At first it was funny. But now they re quite big. They make us much trouble. must put them in the pasture with the ock.'

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Just then Mrs. Brown came out. "Polly nd Peter," she said, "I have some pink ice eam for you."

"Oh, goody, goody!" cried Polly.

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Oh, goody, goody!" cried Peter.

"We will have our party out here on e steps. The lambs may come to the rty. Here are some animal crackers,

D."

She gave each child a dish full of pink

cream.

Polly took an animal cracker. It was a 3. It tasted very good. Peter found a That tasted very good.

1.

Then Polly found a sheep. She said, “I ll not eat this. I do not like mutton.'

= It will toate just like the others ” soid

By and by Mr. Howe drove up. "Al

ost supper time," he called.

icks."

"Thank you, Mrs. Brown.

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Jump in,

Thank you, "We

r. Brown," said Polly and Peter.

ve had a good time."

"And so have we," said the farmer and

s wife.

"You must come to play with us ain soon. You are better pets than the mbs."

"I won't let John forget to take you to the turtle's eggs."