The Shepherd and his Flock TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br> "What! shall I lose them one by one,<br> This stupid coward throng?<br> And never shall the wolf have done?<br> They were at least a thousand strong,<br> But still they've let poor Robin fall a prey!<br> Ah, woe's the day!<br> Poor Robin Wether lying dead!<br> He follow'd for a bit of bread<br> His master through the crowded city,<br> And would have follow'd, had he led,<br> Around the world. Oh! what a pity!<br> My pipe, and even step, he knew;<br> To meet me when I came, he flew;<br> In hedge-row shade we napp'd together;<br> Alas, alas, my Robin Wether!"<br> When Willy thus had duly said<br> His eulogy upon the dead,<br> And unto everlasting fame<br> Consign'd poor Robin Wether's name,<br> He then harangued the flock at large,<br> From proud old chieftain rams<br> Down to the smallest lambs,<br> Addressing them this weighty charge,--<br> Against the wolf, as one, to stand,<br> In firm, united, fearless band,<br> By which they might expel him from their land. COMMENTS: Visual Text The translation is in verse; a head-start on lyrics. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheShepherdandhisFlock.pdf
