But I had never drawn a sheep. So I drew for him one of the two pictures I had drawn so often. It was that of the boa constrictor from the outside. And I was astounded to hear the little fellow greet it with, No, no, no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I live, everything is very small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me a sheep.

　　So then I made a drawing.

　　He looked at it carefully, then he said: No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.

　　So I made another drawing.

　　 My friend smiled gently and indulgenty. You see yourself, he said, that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.

　　So then I did my drawing over once more.

　　But it was rejected too, just like the others. This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.

　　By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart. So I tossed off this drawing.

　　And I threw out an explanation with it.

　　This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.

　　I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:

　　That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?

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