Why Sheep Are Guarded
(by clumsy humans with big sticks)
(And why one speaks nonsense)

This is a story
of why sheep are guarded

long ago before dragons breathed fire
once ago while reality was unlike a wire
sheep and wolves lived together
the first lamb and the first wolf
they were the last sure truth
from the first to the last,
the water ran from the peak to the valley
picking up dirt and sticks along the way

the end began with a rather observant wolf
he had been taught to have utter respect for sheep,
to never harm them, to never cause them to weep
this wolf desired to do what many before him had done
to pick one sheep to protect, cherish, and worship alone
he knew not that it was the most difficult task
many wolves would rather take to the flask
they chatted, they were wooly, they couldn't play hide and seek
so what if they could baa in such a way to make a wolf grow meek

the wolf went along his way
befriending sheep here
playing with sheep there
all in all coming in contact with many sheep that he felt worthy of protecting
but he met three sheep that will make up this tale

the first one already had a protector
but this protector liked to play with other sheep
and he swore a flask to an oath
and spread pixie dust through the air
the rather observant wolf befriended this lamb
warned this lamb and watched this lamb
and saw the lamb's protector do something quite wrong
the evil wolf shaved the lamb's wool
the poor lamb was too shamed
the rather observant wolf never saw that lamb again

the second sheep already had a protector
but this protector didn't worship his sheep
and he swore a flask to an oath
this sheep's many friends warned her to no avail
until the sheep talked to her mother
the sweet little lamb found one of the rather observant wolf's many wolf friends
this wolf became her protector much to the observant wolf's relief
for this wolf was raised in much the same way and acted as such

the third sheep already had a protector
but this protector liked to play with other sheep
and he swore a flask to an oath
he didn't worship his loyal lamb
didn't cherish her but held her up for many to see
many wolves and many sheep warned this poor lamb
the rather observant wolf pondered
the rather observant wolf worried
he knew from his wisdom that this evil wolf would soon cause harm
he would shave her wool 
he would devour her body
leaving her spirit to roam unhappily in the gloomy caves

the rather observant wolf wanted to help but could not find a way
so he did what he could
he thought about it for so long
he thought about it so much
the energy of the world began to sink into his small head
which caused many creatures to seek their bed

but some thing knew that the world would be doomed
and chose to stop this evitable collapse
it took the wolf out of the world
thinking of nothing else
it reincarnated it into human form somewhere into the future
it then created humans(they didn't exist quite yet)
and set a small group to be shepherds
who had big sticks with hooks
the other creatures gave them weird looks
some creatures knew it was an end to an era
this is when reality began to follow a wire
instead of spreading like water or helium

now here is where the story delves deeper
as the world changed, the creatures changed and died
dragons were hunted for fire, unicorns lost their horns
many of the creatures were reincarnated as humans
the memories of the world from before
became the imagination of the Senses Four
Taste  had long ago been forbidden to travel
Smell left later, it got into an argument with gravel
gravel was later banned for causing too many crashes

all humans think of weird things from the old world
but one thinks of them even more
the one who traveled time
the rather observant wolf
(which is why he speaks nonsense)

by Marcus