Sometimes they fed quietly by their mothers' sides, and at other times they all huddled together on the top of some flat rock or in a bare place, and seemed to be talking to each other with their heads close together.

Suddenly one would jump down, and start for the bushes or the other side of the pasture.

They would all follow pell-mell; then in a few minutes they would come rushing back again.

It was pretty to see them playing together and having a good time before the sorrowful day of their death came.
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