"The Little Black Sheep" – Eleonore Schmid

A lively, adorable little black lamb lives among white sheep. She asks the others, "Why am I black?" Nobody knows, and nobody thinks it matters. The shepherd, on the other hand, is delighted and says the little black lamb is his most special lamb.

But the little lamb thinks she looks very strange, and she is unhappy. So one evening she decides to run away from home. In the pitch-black night, nobody notices that the lamb has disappeared. She walks all the way to the forest, and now she is completely alone.

Lots of other animals live in the forest: little birds, owls, porcupines, bats, hares, crows and more. They all wondered how a little lamb had turned up in the forest. The animals were kind to the little black lamb. They taught her how to survive in the forest, how to look for food and how to watch out for dangerous predators.

Autumn ended and winter came. The animals in the forest had already stored up their food and hidden away in their dens for the winter. When deep snow fell, the lamb called out to each of her friends, but nobody answered. She grew more and more frightened.

So the little lamb decided to leave the forest and set out to look for her old friends. Snow covered all the meadows and everything was a white wasteland, but the lamb kept walking steadily on until she finally reached the familiar barn. When she bleated loudly, the shepherd heard her, opened the door and led her into the warm, cozy barn. Everyone was happy to see her and wanted to hear her story. The little lamb looked at her dear old friends, and her heart overflowed with a happiness that cannot be put into words!

You, unique little person, are you still wandering lost?

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