The Sheep And Her Friends Story

Sheep was a very happy animal. She had a lot of friends on the farm. They
were like one big happy family.

Then one day the farmer took sheep away. He gave her a funny looking hair
cut. In fact, he cut all of her beautiful curly hair off completely. Sheep
loved her hair and she felt strange without it. She knew that the other
animals would make fun of her because she looked so funny now. When the
farmer took her back to her stall she hurriedly scurried inside before
anyone could see her. It wasn't too long before Horse and Goat came looking
for her. "Hey Sheep, are you in there?" Horse asked.

She replied "Yes. I'm in here. I don't feel so good though. I think I'm
going to sleep a little while longer."

"Okay", said Horse, "I hope you get to feeling better. We'll see you soon".

It was true. They were all going to see her at some point. It was also
true that Sheep didn't feel good. She wasn't physically sick but she didn't
feel good about herself at all.

It wasn't long before Duck and Cow came looking for he too. Then Mouse.
Then Pig and his little spider friend. Sheep gave the same excuse every
time. She felt bad about telling all the animals that she needed more sleep
when it was really that she didn't want them to see her.

Finally Sheep decided that she was going to have to be a big girl and face
the animals at some point. It might as well be now. She took a deep breath
and walked out into the barnyard.

As soon as Goose saw Sheep she yelled, "Hello Sheep. Are you feeling
better"? All of the animals came running over to her.They were all looking
at her.

Nervously she said, "I guess I'm feeling a little better".

Horse said "We were all so very worried about you".

"You were?" Sheep asked.

"Oh yeah" replied Mouse "We are so glad that you feel better".

Sheep noticed that none of them had mentioned her bad hair cut. She decided
to confess. She said "Well I was really just embarrassed for everyone to
see me with all my hair cut off".

Cow said, "We don't care what you look like Sheep. We all love you for who
you are, not how you look."

"You will always be beautiful to us Sheep" Pig added.

This made Sheep feel a lot better. She realized that family loves you for
who you are no matter what. They all spent the rest of the day playing
together. It was just like it had always been, but a little colder.

Told on Nov. 6, 2010