He had noticed that, as soon as he awoke, most of his animals also began to stir.
It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of the sheep,
with whom he had spent the past two years, leading them through the countryside in search of food and water.
They are so used to me that they know my schedule,he muttered.
Thinking about that for a moment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was he who had become accustomed to their schedule.
But there were certain of them who took a bit longer to awaken.
The boy prodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name.
He had always believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said.
So there were times when he read them parts of his books that had made an impression on him,
or when he would tell them of the loneliness or the happiness of a shepherd in the fields.
Sometimes he would comment to them on the things he had seen in the villages they passed.
But for the past few days he had spoken to them about only one thing: the girl,
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