Australian sheep shearers always have sheep dogs—smart, well-trained dogs with names like Brute, Tiny, and Fang, who bark commands—"Woof! Arf arff arff! Grrrr!"—to round up the sheep for shearing. But sheep shearer Shaun doesn't have a sheep dog. Instead, he has a sheep-sheep named Pete, who speaks politely to the other sheep. And no one shears as skillfully as Shaun. The sheep are delighted! But the other shearers—Ratso, Big Bob, and Bungo—are not.