Probably no other animal on earth symbolizes so much to so many as does the docile sheep. This grazing flock is a detail of a section of the arched passageway under the 16th century astronomical clock, le Gros-Horloge, in Rouen. The entire scene is a depiction of the Good Shepherd.
Vocabulary
un mouton: a sheep
l'agneau: lamb (male)
l'agnelle: lamb (female)
une brébis: a female sheep
un bélier: a ram
la laine: wool
Expression
Doux comme un agneau: gentle as a lamb
photos courtesy of Carol E. Cass
©2012 P.B. Lecron
