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Question
You must be familiar with the given nursery rhymes
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool.
Answer the following:
Which parts of the black sheep have wool?
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Solution 1
Wool is obtained from the hairy fibres (hair) of the sheep
Solution 2
The hairy skin called fleece has wool in black sheep
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