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8 the sheep and the soldiers A COMPANY OF HIGHspirited soldiers on their way to the wars fell out to rest beside a country lane, and before them were sheep browsing on the side of a hill. The sheep moved with lowered eyes, following their leader wherever he led them and bumping their faces against the rumps of the sheep in front of them when he stopped suddenly or changed direction. Seeing the sheep, the soldiers laughed boisterously , capered about, and slapped one another on the back. The sheep looked up at the sound of the merriment and stared back at the soldiers; then their leader said, "Why do you laugh at us? We, at least, know what we are and what our end will be." [ 14 ] At once the soldiers rushed to the fence and hurled stones at the sheep, since a comedian finds everything amusing except a joke on himself. ...

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