A man out walking, during the first week in September, spotted a lost sheep with a coat so overgrown that the animal’s life was threatened!Four-time Australian champion sheep shearer, Ian Elkins responded to the RSPCA’s (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) call for help. After sedating the Merino Ewe named Chris, forty kilograms or eighty-eight pounds of wool was sheared! Eighty-eight pounds of wool is enough wool to make 30 sweaters!
Watch Chris get a haircut in the video below.
Do you know the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep? You can find Baa Baa Black Sheep and other nursery Rhymes @398.8 in your public or school library. Reciting nursery rhymes is a fun way to practice making your voice smooth when you read. Watch the video below as Nursery Rhyme Street presents Baa Baa Black Sheep.
Sing along too!
Lyrics:
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for my master,
and One for my dame,
one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for my master,
and One for my dame,
one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane
Read: Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola You can find Charlie Needs a Cloak and other books written by Tomie dePaola in the public and school library @EDEP.
