Any guesses why the water that the Good Shepherd leads His sheep to is specifically described as “still”? It’s because sheep lack self-awareness. If a sheep sees a roaring river, it thinks that’s a good place to get its thirst quenched. Never mind that sheep are covered with five sweaters’ worth of wool. The sheep gets so jazzed at the sight of any water that he sticks his head straight down into that rushing river. All fifteen pounds of wool become soaking wet. Kersplash. The sheep gets sucked straight into the roaring river. Now he’s heading for the rapids, looking back for a bailout from
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