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==Synopsis==

[[Father Ted Crilly|Ted]] bets the entire year's heating allowance for the parochial house on the King of the Sheep competition, placing his bet on Chris, a sheep who has won several times and is considered a sure thing. Unfortunately, Chris has heard rumours about a sheep-eating beast and isn't feeling at all himself. With a very cold winter forecast for the year, Ted becomes very nervous. He goes to John and Mary, asking for his bet money back, but they refuse.

Chris's owner, Fargo Boyle, begs Ted to help return Chris to his old self. After a week, Ted has successfully returned Chris's spirit. However, after he and Dougal hear sounds in the night and, upon investigation, discover a stereo in a tree, Ted finds out that Fargo Boyle arranged for Chris to be frightened by the beast (thanks to an album of BBC Sound Effects) in order to increase the meagre odds being offered for his victory.

On the day of the competition, just as Chris is about to be declared the winner, Ted makes a dramatic scene and exposes the whole plot, resultingtelling inthe Chrisjudge his observations, including expensive items being worn by the other contestants (after Fargo paid them to spread rumours about the beast) and Fargo leaving a shop with a BBC Sound Effects record that Dougal had wanted to buy. The judge is appalled to hear about the plot, and Chris is disqualified. Fargo begs Chris's forgiveness, but the sheep is apparently unforgiving.

Ted is then left kickinghanging himselfhis head when Dougal points out that by gettingbecause Chris was disqualified, he has lost the bet, and thus all of the heating allowance money. Subsequently, the residents of the parochial house prepare to [[hibernate]] for the extremely cold winter.

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