Lamb In The Laundry by Lucy Daniels

Age :7-11

Mandy and James discover a tiny black lamb that's been abandonedbyits mother. But just when they start to take care of it, thelambdisappears. Can they find the little lamb before it's too late? Quietly, Mandy and James approached the ewe over the grass.Mandyknelt beside the wet, little, black bundle on the ground.Gently,she lifted the lamb closer to its mother. The ewe took no notice. Mandy tried everything. She almostpushedthe poor little lamb under the ewe's nose but it was nogood. Theewe had time for only one lamb and it wasn't this littleone. It was when the ewe raised her head and gave anunmistakablyangry bleat that Mandy knew it was useless. 'She's rejected it,' said James.