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He and his wife, Linda, had holed up on their Scotland farm, where he learned to pour cement and shear sheep while she worked on her musicianship and cooking.

Also: “The rapper Eminem is terrified of owls,” and “if you put sheep in a maze, they mostly turn left.”

Soon after the sheep left, the humans decided that they didn’t trust the sheep to do its job—so they sent a dog after the sheep, with the same message.

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The meadows were dotted with creamy white sheep.

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There was a comical incident when he turned the focus knob and unwittingly brought the face of a distant woolly sheep into close-up view.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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