THE SHEEP
PROBLEMS FOR FIELD WORK
How do sheep find one another when they have become separated?
How old are the lambs before they can keep up with the old sheep when running? What fits the lamb for running so well?
Watch the lambs when they are playing, and find out whether they play:
1. I'm the king of the castle.
Find out by watching a flock of sheep what is meant by "Men follow one another like a flock of sheep".
Describe how sheep move when they are going very fast.
Why should sheep be kept in a well-ventilated building that protects them from snow and rain but is not very warm?
To the teacher.—Each movement, habit, and instinct implied in this exercise is explained by the life of the wild sheep. Their natural home is in the mountain, and their swift movement is that of bounding from rock to rock as they follow the strongest and boldest (their leader) to a place of safety. The legs of the lamb grow rapidly, beyond all proportion to the rate of growth of the body, so that within two weeks after birth the young lamb is almost as strong of limb and fleet of foot as its mother. In their games the lambs are fitting themselves for their place in the flock, and these games very much resemble those named in the exercise.