It felt said and wondered what was wrong with it. What exactly didn't the others like about it?
No matter how hard it tried the cattle looked down on it. They stood upon the hill and for some reason didn't allow it to join them.
Slowly it ate the grass around the hill while walking in circles day after day. It was healthy and able to take care of itself and its wool was as good and warm as the white ones.
The buck didn't seem to see any difference neither did the owner.
"You are a fine sheep", he said and crawled the black one behind its ears.
If it came to humans, they all thought the black one was special.
"White is too common and they do not even look white. How come they are so dirty", a little child asked. It was not impressed by the cattle at the top of the hill who clearly loved to rule the place.
They blah-blahed about how great it was to be part of such an exclusive cattle, how they all ruled together, but in reality, only some did and they kicked out everyone they didn't like. They didn't accept outsiders on their hill.
The black sheep...
Thanks to the child - it started to see the white sheep with different eyes. They were no longer sheep like it but... dirty white sheep. Dirty sheep with dirty tricks.
Like said the buck didn't care and it didn't take long before the sheep had company and more company and more. It was an interesting cattle, a creative mix of sheep eating its way around the hill. They didn't care about climbing to the top. The grass where they stayed was greener and there was plenty of water.
At the top of the hill, the other sheep watched and saw a group of colored ones having fun downhill.
They wondered what made them different and how come they felt lonesome in the cattle they dreamed of and created. They didn't figure it out because they had some eye trouble called tunnel vision and the end of the story is they all died. They didn't die because always someone does at the end of each one of my stories, neither because uphill there was a lack of water and food but because they were too stupid to think by themselves, followed some dirty sheep and stuck to habits that didn't make any sense or anyone happy.
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