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- "Das Mädchen zählt Schafe."
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DianaM
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@Abendbrot ...but it is an activity some people really do in order to induce sleep. In English, "counting sheep" is often a metaphor for going to sleep.
Irving Berlin wrote a song that starts,
"When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep..."