Mrs. Sheep

Mrs. Sheep is a character in the 1952 cartoon Lambert the Sheepish Lion. She is the adoptive mother of the main character, Lambert Lion. She is voiced by June Foray.

Background
Mrs. Sheep is Lambert's foster mother. She immediately took him in when a stork mistakenly delivered a lion cub to her. However, Mrs. Sheep happily decides to adopt the lion cub anyway and headbutts the stork when he attempts to take the cub from her. The stork then leaves in a huff and lets Mrs. Sheep keep the lion cub.

Lambert the Sheepish Lion
Lambert is brought to a sheep meadow on accident by a stork. Upon seeing the baby lambs with their new mothers, he chooses Mrs. Sheep to be his mother, much to Mrs. Sheep's joy. The stork realizes his mistake almost immediately, and attempts to take Lambert to South Africa where he belongs, but is stopped via a headbutt from Mrs. Sheep.

Mrs. Sheep attempts to get Lambert to play with the other lambs, but he is teased for his decidedly un-sheeplike appearance and habits. This culminates in a headbutting contest which Lambert loses badly, leading to his cowardly habits.

By fall, Lambert has become a fully-grown lion, thanks to Mrs. Sheep's care, but still remains the butt of the jokes of the now-grown sheep. This changes one night when a wolf attacks the flock, and when he threatens Mrs. Sheep, Lambert is petrified and assumes the flock will help, but they run and hide. Hearing his mother cry for help, Lambert snaps and becomes a raging lion, roaring at the wolf and headbutting him off the cliff he stands on. Due to his courage, Lambert is praised by his adoptive mother and held in high regard by the sheep who had previously teased him.