Tanglewoods' Secret1980

Ruth:
Have you always been a shepherd?

Mr. Tandy:
[cheerfully] That's right. Always have been. Now see through here.

[they pass some big trees]

Ruth:
Why doesn't he stay?

Mr. Tandy:
Well, I expect he's like the rest of us: He likes his own way. And his own way has got him into a *deal* of trouble.

Ruth:
Well, I expect he's sorry for it now, all caught up in the bushes and wishing he'd stayed in the meadow.

Mr. Tandy:
Yep. Aye. Takes a deal of thorns and briers to teach these lambs that their own way ain't the best.