Home / News 101. The Widow and the Sheep A CERTAIN poor widow
had one solitary Sheep. At shearing time, wishing to take his
fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used
the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the
flesh. The Sheep, writhing with pain, said, "Why do you hurt me
so, Mistress? What weight can my blood add to the wool? If you
want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an
instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the
shearer, who will shear and not hurt me." The least outlay is
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