One fine spring day Joel the sheep was grazing in a field with his friends. Joel enjoyed thinking about things, ‘I wonder how many clouds there are in the sky? They look a bit like my friends and me! I wonder how many blades of grass there are in this field? I’ve eaten quite a lot of them myself! How long will they last us? How much more do we have to eat? What if we run out?’
Joel began to get himself panicked. ‘What would we do? What would I do? I’d starve, that’s what I’d do! I’d go hungry and starve! Oh no! I can’t let that happen! I don’t want to starve! Maybe I can find some grass somewhere else? Yes, there’s got to be more grass somewhere! What’s that? A hole? In the fence?’
As he curiously approached the fence Joel thought to himself, ‘I’ve never seen that before. Maybe I could get through it? Perhaps it will lead me to another field, with more grass!’
And, without a moment of hesitation, Joel squeezed himself into the hole. He was not even halfway through before he realised was stuck. His wool caught on the barbed wire. He started anxiously grunting as he struggled forwards and backwards, trying to release himself. The wire was tearing his wool and even beginning to cut into his skin. He was in great difficulty.
Before long Joel was tired of the struggle. He no longer had the energy to move forward or backward. He gave up hope and slumped in his hole. He was stuck in the fence.
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