He told the widow to "count her goats, sheep and people."

An insomniac counts sheep, only to find they've nodded off.

He tried counting sheep but found himself thinking of Eva.

Better to count - not sheep - they were boring - but what?

Why hadn't she stayed in her motel room, quiet on that nice hard bed, and counted sheep?

She counted those slow breaths like another person might count sheep.

There, after you've counted sheep, do you sleep rocked in the deep Of a water bed?

Counting sheep jumping over fences will never be the same again.

"Some people count sheep when they go to sleep," she said.

I shut my eyes resolutely, and began to count sheep.