| ago | horns | fleece |
| king | Greece | loved |
| playing | Helle | grass |
| garden | catch | clouds |
Long, long ago there lived a king in Greece. He had two little children, a boy and a girl.
They were good children and loved each other very much.
One day they were playing in the garden.
"Oh, Helle, look!" said the boy.
There on the grass was a fine large sheep. This sheep had a fleece of gold and his horns were gold, too.
The children wanted to pat the sheep, but they could not catch him. When they went near, he ran away on the clouds.
| grew | golden | hold |
| tame | ride | tight |
Every day they played in the garden and every day the sheep came, too.