LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Good morning, I'm Linda Wertheimer.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Thousands of athletes wanted to compete in the Winter Olympics. The Olympics of sheep shearing has a different problem: Ireland's Golden Shears World Championship suffers from a shortage of shaggy sheep. It's a seasonal thing, spring is a time to sell shaggy sheep. Organizers have 5,000 so far but they need six. So they're making farmers an offer: haircuts for year-old ewes - free.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION.
Ireland's Golden Shears World Championships has 5,000 sheep so far but a thousand more are needed. So organizers are making farmers an offer.