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Back in bed, Miranda closed her eyes
and counted. It became confusing fast. Miranda returned to the kitchen.

Count them
j
The field as they ump
is crowded! over a fence.
The sheep That makes things
keep moving run smoothly.
around.

. . . 21, 22, 23 . . .
Wait! Didn’t I just

count that one?

Miranda counted as sheep jumped Miranda imagined she was a traffic cop,
over the fence. But on the other but she could not straighten out that jam.
side, there was a traffic jam.

OK, Percy,
Anything let’s see where
you want those sheep

them to, want to go.
dear!

What do they
do after they
jump the

fence?

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