From McGuffeys Second Eclectic Reader

SHEEP SHEARING.

1. Sheep are washed and sheared some time in the month of June. This should be done quite early in the month before the hot days begin.

2. It is fine sport for those who look on, but not much fun for the sheep.

3. It is best for the sheep to have the wool taken off; otherwise, they would suffer in the summer time.

4. When the time comes for washing the sheep, they are driven to a pond or a little river.

5. Then the wool is thoroughly dried, the sheep are taken to the Shearer, and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears

6. Then the wool is thoroughly dried, the sheep are taken to the shearer; and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears.

7. It is then dyed, spun, and woven into cloth.

8. In a short time, before the cold winter comes, new wool grows out on the sheep. By the coming of spring, there is so much wool it that it must be cut off again.

What sentence from this article would you want to write down to answer the question, "What happens to the sheep's wool after it is cut off" ?