"A Christmas Story" by Kendall Dean

Many Christmases ago, my Grandma's life changed forever. By the way, I am a sheep. When my grandma was a wee ewe she became injured. As a lame sheep, she was left behind in the stable to rest. Grandma said the shepherds were moving on to greener pastures and she had to stay in the stables by the inn for she was much too weak to make the trip. It was very comfortable in the inn. She was always watered and fed. One night changed everything forever.

A woman and her betrothed came into the stables for there was no room in the inn. The woman was to have a baby soon so they tried to make her as comfortable as possible. The woman, as it turns out, had the baby that night and the infant was placed in the manger with only meager rags around his body. Grandma said that she wanted to make the baby warm since she could not think of anything else she could do much. Grandma walked to the baby and curled up beside him. Oddly, she felt that as she was being warmed and she began to feel stronger. Grandma fell asleep curled around the babe, warming him through the night. His mother thanked Grandma for her kindness.

Early the next morning, the other sheep and shepherds came back to the stable. To the shepherds surprise, Grandma was up and walking like a new ewe. The shepherds thought it was just from rest, but Grandma said it was the baby. Though Grams is now gone, her story lives on among the flocks.