Little Bo Peep
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Little Bo Peep is an eponymous character from a nursery rhyme. Bo Peep is a shepherdess who loses her sheep and receives advice on how to get them back.
Commonly the rhyme goes:
- Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
- And can't tell where to find them.
- Leave them alone, And they'll come home,
- Wagging their tails behind them"
Also common for the second line is "And doesn't know where to find them". The fourth line is commonly stated as "And bring their tails behind them" (like in the photo on the right). This alternative version of the fourth line helps the nursery rhyme lead into 2nd through 5th verses that have to do with sheep tails being detached. As with most oral tradition, there are many variations.
The character appears as 'Bo Peep', a ceramic doll, in Toy Story and Toy Story 2. In the Shakespeare play King Lear there is a reference to "Bo-Peep" by the court fool. In the anime Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo they call her Little Bobobo-Peep.
