Unexpected Choice

Discover fascinating people and ideas in American history and the Bible through short stories on This Week's Story mp3 audio and text for reading.
David, shepherd and musician, fights a lion.
David talked affectionately to the sheep. “You, Fence Lover, stop butting your buddy. And you, Brave Brother, quit bothering Sister Who Is Clumsy. Old Rammer, enough foolishness!”
David called the sheep by name as they approached their sheepfold. They were his family’s sheep, but he had named them. It was his voice they knew and trusted. A few stubborn sheep were still in the field staring blankly.
The temperature was dropping rapidly. It would be cold tonight.
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