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Last Updated: Saturday August 02 2008 15:46 GMT

Sheep rescued from a ROOF

Heard about the cat up the tree? Well how about a sheep stuck on the ROOF?

Firefighters must have been a bit surprised when they were called to rescue a sheep that had climbed up a house in North Yorkshire, England.

Crowds gathered to watch as the rescuers tried to persuade the woolly creature to come down.

But the sheep ran onto another roof, slipped and fell down, breaking its leg. It's been left with a local farmer to get treatment.

The sheep got onto the roof of the house in Middlesmoor by climbing onto a kennel and then a shed.