Exemplum

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Exemplum

There once was a farm, and the owner of the farm was named Charles Rogers. His farm wasn’t very big, but he loved that farm. Mr. Rogers was a kind man. He was in his late 50’s and enjoyed spending his days maintaining his farm. One day he went to feed his animals, Thunder, who is a horse; Cluck Cluck, who is a hen; Spots, who is a cow; Curls, who is a sheep; and Pinky, who is a pig. When he got to the feeding pen, Spots was waiting for the food. As Mr. Rogers was pouring the food, Spots showed her appreciation and gave him a great “BBBBAAAAAAA.”
Mr. Rogers said, “You’re welcome, Spots.” After a few seconds, Mr. Rogers turned around with a look of curiosity on his face. He exclaimed, “That was the weirdest ‘MOO’ I have ever hear!” Soon after, Curls walked in and gave a great “MOOOOOOO” because of his joy to see the food. As more animals started to arrive, Mr. Rogers started to notice that all of the animals had forgotten who they really were. As a result, Mr. Rogers had no choice but to call the town veterinarian. After a few hours had passed, she finally arrived. Once her car pulled up to the farm. She saw Mr. Rogers being pulled by Pinky with loud horse noises. Mr. Rogers let go of Pinky’s rope and slid strait into his white fence. In all the commotion, Shelly, the veterinarian, rushed to help Mr. Rogers to his feet. Mr. Rogers thanked shelly for her assistance.
Shelly asked, “What is going on here?”
“I really don’t know Shelly. I just went to feed the animals, and they were acting like this,” replied Mr. Rogers.
“HMMMMMM very interesting,” replied Shelly. “There is only one method I can think of for this cure.” Next, she gathered all the animals together. She firmly said, “Alright; Now we were going to sing.”
Mr. Rogers in curiosity asked, “but shelly how would this help?’
“If they don’t know who they are we have to teach them who they are,” said Shel...