Stranica 3 [3]
LITTLE BO-PEEP.
‘« Little Bo-Peep she lost her sheep
And didn’t know where to find them,
Let them alone, and they’ll come home,
And bring their tails behind them !”
So runs the Nursery Rhyme. Little Bo-Peep was a very
nice little girl. Her cheeks had a bloom on them like a
lovely peach, and her voice sounded like a sweet silver bell.
But though Little Bo-Peep was as good as she was
beautiful, she sometimes met with misfortunes that made
her very sad. Once, when she lost her sheep, she was very
doleful indeed. And this is how it happened.
. One summer evening, when the sun was setting, Little
Bo-Peep, who had to rise very early in the morning, felt
tired, and sat down on a bank covered with daisies. Being
very weary she soon fell fast asleep. Now the Bell-wether
of Bo-Peep’s flock was a most stupid and stubborn fellow.
I dare say you know that all the sheep in a flock will follow
the Bell-wether, and that he always wears a bell round his
neck. It was a great pity, but the Bell-wether of Bo-Feep s
flock was very wild, and was much given to wander far
away into the wood, where of course the rest of the sheep
would follow him.
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