Show AS PLAYFUL GOAT 11 0 zw ad zoned mirnd to pla play uld hide and book with hi owner A ni mountain that that I 1 once once kept la in confinement was bout about as cunning as aa the average street arab and had he lived to maturity and kept on acquiring knowledge knowl edke the chances are I 1 would have had to move a e out and give hini him the ranch he usually followed me on short excursions cur into the woods and generally kept highs I 1 my h heels Is buton but on one oe xgo behind and although alth ou h I 1 called him several times he pa paid id no heed I 1 hack back to see what he w was as interested in and found him busy feeding oai oa some moss that grew at the roots of a fir tree so I 1 lei left t him and continued my tramp but after I 1 had bad got away as a short M art d istance distance the thought oc currad tome to me to hide and see how he would act so I 1 slipped into a hollow stump close by the trail and awaited the results result presently I 1 heard him coming boun bounding cUng along the trail and after he hid had passed bed I 1 stuck out my headd head to watch blia when he got about twenty feet beyond me he stopped and commenced looking around and the comical expression on his face as he scanned ay iy ayery ery object that bore boie any resemblance ael blice to a human being caused me to burst out oui laughing when h he e turned and ad saw raw ne then he commenced to esmand pe sulk aud ld not go any further so I 1 had to return home the neit day he followed me as usual bufe in the midst of some thick brush and down timber I 1 got interested in a bird that I 1 was following up and forgot the goat and when I 1 came to bookfor look for him he was gane walking back to where I 1 last saw raw him I 1 called but no bily billy came in sight then I 1 commenced commenced a dilag diligent ent search and presently I 1 ca caught sight of something white beneath abiuso heap stooping hoping St down and looking in I 1 saw the little brute curled pu n a heap and acid not a move could I 1 get ge out of him reaching ug in 1 caught hita by the leg and pulled him out and jave gave him a good cuffin cuffing gorc on both side his head but he did not mind it a bit and seemed to en joy the joke oke i y capering about in his usual manner all the way home as it if he would bay you hid bid from me yes ternay terr tay hid from you today to day r forest and I 1 n |