The Three Legged Lamb

A city boy driving through the country happened to see a lamb who only had three legs and a wooden leg where the fourth was missing. The boy stopped to watch the lamb for a while.

Curiosity got the best of him and the sign on the gate said “Welcome” so the boy carefully drove up the driveway, approached the farmhouse, knocked on the door, and asked about the three legged lamb.

The farmer said “That there lamb is a family pet and he’s really smart. We’ve taught him all kinds of tricks, like ‘Roll Over,’ ‘Sit’ and ‘Fetch.’ When the weekly newspaper comes, we tell the lamb to ‘Fetch’ and he goes gets the paper and brings it to us. But that’s not all, the farmer continued, We had a fire and the lamb woke everybody up and then went back and brought the dog out.”

“Another time my son was playing on the ice and it broke and he fell in and the lamb ran to the barn and got a rope and saved him. Just 2 months ago, I was working on my tractor and the jack fell and the tractor was crushing me. I yelled for help and the lamb rushed to my rescue, dug me out and pulled me out of harm’s way.”

The farmer then asked the boy if he’d like to stay for dinner and the boy accepted. To the amazement of the boy, the lamb set the table and began serving the meal. “Wow!” exclaimed the boy. “That lamb sure is smart, but that still doesn’t explain the missing leg!”

“Well,” said the farmer, “a lamb that valuable you don’t want to eat him all in one sitting!”


I don't know what the morale of the story is. Why don't you tell me? 😁


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