“That’s all I know,” said Buddie.

“Try to forget it,” advised the Lamb. “It’s all nonsense, especially that part about the school. Now, this is the way it really goes:

“Mary had a little lamb

Whose fleece was white as snow;

But manywhere that Mary went

No little lamb could go.

“For Mary was a healthy child,

With spirits naught could check,

And any lamb that followed her

Would break his little neck.