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The sheep stopped feeding and raised their heads to stare at him from pale lashed eyes; first one and then another broke into a startled run, until there was a sudden woolly stampede of the entire flock. THE SHEEP STOPPED FEEDING AND RAISED THEIR HEADS TO STARE AT HIM FROM PALE LASHED EYES FIRST ONE AND THEN ANOTHER BROKE INTO A STARTLED RUN UNTIL THERE WAS A SUDDEN WOODY STAMPEDE OF THE ENTIRE FLOCK
ckyard; then, when the heat grew unbearable, he had retreated to an orchard, where, lying on his back in the long cool grass, he had traced the pattern of the apple-leaves diapered above him upon the summer sky; now that the heat of the day was over he had come to roam whither sweet fancy led him, to lean over gates, view the prospect, and meditate upon the pleasures of a well-spent day. Five such days had already passed over his head, fifteen more remained to him. Then farewell to freedom and clean country air! Back again to London and another year's toil. He came to a gate on the right of the road. Behind it a footpath meandered up over a grassy slope. The sheep nibbling on its summit cast long shadows down the hill almost to his feet. Road and fieldpath were equally new to him, but the latter offered greener attractions; he vaulted lightly over the gate and had so little idea he was taking thus the first step towards ruin that he began to whistle 'White Wings' from pure joy of life. UNGING ABOUT A SUNNY RICK YARD THEN WHEN THE HEAT GREW UNBEARABLE HE HAD RETREATED TO AN ORCHARD WHERE LYING ON HIS BACK IN THE LONG COOL GRASS HE HAD TRACED THE PATTERN OF THE APPLE LEAVES DIAPERED ABOVE HIM UPON THE SUMMER SKY NOW THAT THE HEAT OF THE DAY WAS OVER HE HAD COME TO ROME WHERE SWEET FANCY LED HIM TO LEAN OVER GATES VIEW THE PROSPECT AND MEDITATE UPON THE PLEASURES OF A WELL SPENT DAY FIVE SUCH DAYS HAD ALREADY PASSED OVER HIS HEAD FIFTEEN MORE REMAINED TO HIM THEN FAREWELL TO FREEDOM AND CLEAN COUNTRY AIR BACK AGAIN TO LONDON AND ANOTHER YEAR'S TOIL HE CAME TO A GATE ON THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD BEHIND IT A FOOTPATH MEANDERED UP OVER A GRASSY SLOPE THE SHEEP NIBBLING ON ITS SUMMIT CAST LONG SHADOWS DOWN THE HILL ALMOST TO HIS FEET ROAD AND FIELD PATH WERE EQUALLY NEW TO HIM BUT THE LATTER OFFERED GREENER ATTRACTIONS HE VAULTED LIGHTLY OVER THE GATE AND HAD SO LITTLE IDEA HE WAS TAKING THUS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS RUIN THAT HE BEGAN TO WHISTLE WHITE WINGS FROM PURE JOY OF LIFE
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