ago horns fleece
king Greece loved
playing Helle grass
garden catch clouds
Long, long ago there lived a king in Greece. He had two little
children, a boy and a girl.
They were good children and loved each other very much.
One day they were playing in the garden.
"Oh, Helle, look!" said the boy.
There on the grass was a fine large sheep. This sheep had a fleece of
gold and his horns were gold, too.
[Illustration: THE KING AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.]
The children wanted to pat the sheep, but they could not catch him.
When they went near, he ran away on the clouds.
* * * * *
grew golden hold
tame ride tight
Every day they played in the garden and every day the sheep came, too.
By and by he grew tame and let the children pat his golden fleece.