The Two Shepherds: discussion sheet

Part Three: The Relationship · about 6 minutes to read aloud · Theme: boundaries

Tomas builds high walls and patrols them all night. Leila builds only where danger has a name, with a gate that opens both ways. Then a great storm comes.

Choose a question to talk over, or try the activity with words and pictures.

Start here

Where does Leila build her low walls, and what reason might each painted sign give?

Go further

Tomas says Leila’s sheep only come home for the sweet grass. Can a flock choose to stay? Which of the two shepherds would you believe, and how could you check?

Make something

Make a map of Leila’s hill, with the cliff, road, spring, fold, and common. Draw the routes a sheep could choose, and write a reason beside each boundary.

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