.     (a modern fable)
    
The shearing sheds were
filled to capacity, old Shep
despite his arthritic hips,
virtually blind and deaf as
stone managed on his own
to convince the free roaming
Marino's that Flockdown was
much safer than risking their
lives on the hills where the
Lone Wolf fairytale could
become a reality at any time
and while in The Pens it was
an opportunity for dipping
injecting and branding lest
they got lost in their newly
zoned restricted grazing areas.

                     ( Moral )  

So, if all the other sheep were aware
from the beginning that Shep was
not Pavlov’s Dog, then why did they
think they needed a Bellwether???