Aunt Nancy Scolded Snowball
The Tale of Snowball Lamb. [Page 48]
Well, Snowball was puzzled. How could the sheep be eating salt if Johnnie Green had caught them? It was more than he could understand. But if Nimble Deer had been with them—and come back safely—there couldn't be any great danger.
So Snowball hurried over the stone wall and scampered down to the place near the bars, where the flock still lingered.
As Snowball joined them he saw that they were all busily eating something white that lay in little piles upon the ground.
He tasted of the stuff, carefully. It was delicious. And wasting no more time, he gobbled up all of the salt that he could get.
When it was gone Snowball turned to old Aunt Nancy Ewe.
"May I lick the salt off your tail?" he asked her politely.
She gave him a haughty stare.
"Have you no respect for your elders?" Aunt Nancy asked him severely.