"But oh, it was a mischief; and Jane, the kitchen maid, used to be very angry when it came trotting into her kitchen on wet days and dirtied the floor with its feet.
"One day Jane had made the chickens' food all ready, and put it in a pail, and placed it outside the door to cool.
"The chickens were all waiting for their meal and feeling very hungry. Jane went to the door for the food, and to her surprise and horror she found the pail upset and not a bit of food left.
"'Bother that lamb!' cried Jane. 'It has gone and eaten up all the chickens' food.'
"And just then we saw the lamb trotting off to the field quite content.
"At last it grew to be a very big sheep—too big to come trotting into the farm kitchen, for it was so strong and bumped against Jane so much that she would often chase it out with a broom.
"Then father said it must go into the field and stay there for good.
