{"id":599,"date":"2011-06-03T16:38:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T22:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2022-02-06T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T03:13:29","slug":"2011-6-3-dont-give-up-the-sheep-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Give up the Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hello, Fred.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is the first appearance of Ralph and Sam, and it shows. Sam is erroneously called Ralph, and the real Ralph looks less like a coyote and more like a starving animal.<\/p>\n<p>It starts with Sam going to work. He greets Fred Sheepdog and they switch places for the day. Ralph shows up and plans to get the sheep. He sets the time-clock ahead and this works. Until Sam sees the village clock and runs back to the field. (One thing to keep in mind, Ralph usually gets his prey. 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