Tongue Twister

A SAD AND DAINTY TALE IN NINE SYLLABLES

First, the long version:

"Once upon a time, a lamb wandered away from its mother and its herd and became lost.  It wended its way down a steep incline and eventually found itself in a deep canyon, unable to climb back out.  Fortunately, there was fresh water seeping out of cracks in the cliffs, and delicious grasses and flowers to eat, so the lamb was relatively content to live there in the canyon.  Still, as the lamb grew into a sheep all by itself, now and then it fell into a nostalgic reverie, remembered its mother and its herd, and shed copious tears of longing for its lost former life."


Now, the condensed version:

"Deep dip sheep sips seeps, eats treats, weeps heaps."