"Then why did you jump down that steep place? Could you not see that it was a pit?"
"I did not stop to see. He did it first," said the white sheep. Then, with a groan, he went on to ask, "How is the black sheep? Is he here too? And what does the man think who comes to see us?"
"I grieve to say," said the cow, "that he thought you were both far too much hurt to live. The poor black sheep has just died, and I fear that you must die too."
"He did it first," said the white sheep. And with those words he died.
Author of "Dick and I."
THE CATS AND THE MOUSE.
T. Crampton.