What May taught Fohuny. 263

 

Shall I tell you what she read one
day?

It was this —

Once upon a time there were
some men sitting out in the fields—
on the hills, I think—watching a
number of sheep. It was night-
time. But these sheep never were
brought into a fold: they wandered
about, and lay down to sleep, just
where they liked on these pleasant
hills. Only they had to be watched,
because there were other animals
there as well, and some, such as bears
and lions, that were always ready to
eat up these poor sheep whenever
they could get them. |

So the men, who were called