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To: Malachi, The Shepherd

From: Bethlehem Life and Casualty Insurance Company

Dear Mr. Malachi:

We have had the chance to review your claim of lost sheep last month and are sending you this letter to inform you that your claim has been denied.

While we at Bethlehem Life and Casualty have always prided ourselves on being a friend to sheep herders and all those in the animal husbandry field, I'm afraid that this is the first time we have heard a claim of this sort.