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What a sweet innocent precious book about the lives of shepherds and their sheep. The ending alone is worthy of the five stars.
It is a slow-moving story, but only eight chapters. Each chapter tells a story about the life of Peter, a young boy whose mother saves a lamb from death. He adopts it as a pet and names her Biddy. Biddy turns out to be an intelligent sheep who leads the flock.
One chapter features the shearing, another the fearsome wolves who attack the flock. At times Peter is in the m ...more
It is a slow-moving story, but only eight chapters. Each chapter tells a story about the life of Peter, a young boy whose mother saves a lamb from death. He adopts it as a pet and names her Biddy. Biddy turns out to be an intelligent sheep who leads the flock.
One chapter features the shearing, another the fearsome wolves who attack the flock. At times Peter is in the m ...more
The lamb must be dead, it seemed, but the old sheepherder, Benj, tried some things he'd learned from his many years with sheep, and the baby lamb stirred. This lamb, Biddy, became the responsibility of young Peter, and he cared for his cosset well. Biddy and Peter grew up together, Biddy to become the leader of the sheep, and Peter, a strong young man.
It's a simple story of a simple life, and it's filled with the deep wisdom that comes from a life caring for sheep.
One of my favorite parts of th ...more
It's a simple story of a simple life, and it's filled with the deep wisdom that comes from a life caring for sheep.
One of my favorite parts of th ...more
A very moving story! We loved this book!
Oct 01, 2014
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
