Show The Sandman Story I t p FOR FOR TONIGHT BILLY GOAT IS FOOLED I 1 Biily illy llly Goat lived at the farm where I Mr Dog and Miss Tabby lived anc and while they never really quarreled somehow Billy Goat seemed to be able 1 to scare away Mr Dos Dog or Tabby by shaking his head at them If Mr l Dog was eating a very nice nice- dinner and Billy Goat happened to f peek keek eek through the board fence and think he would like It it he just ran around the barn and trotted right up to the dish klish where Mr Do DOt Doc stood and down went his head in a threatening manner and off would run Mr Dog Even Miss Tabby who had sharp claws and could look very fierce when she humped her back could not scare care Billy Goat He tumbled over once with his horns and since then Miss Tabby did not stop to show her claws when Billy came trotting trotting- into the barn yard she Just lust ran in Mr Dog and Miss Tabby had long talks about Billy Goat but they never were able to think of a plan to subdue him One day It happened that Mr Dog and Miss Tabby Tabby- took a walk down by bythe bythe bythe the cornfield and whom should they see trotting along the road but Billy Goat They h-ey h hid in the tall bushes and grass by the stone wall wail thinking he ha would go alon along but to their surprise he jumped over the wall and ran Into the field The farmer had had put a very lifelike looking scarecrow to frighten away the and when Billy Goat came up to this curious creature with witha a stick in one hand he lie stood still waiting for him to run Billy lowered his head and shook his horns and then he looked up but there stood the man He did not seem to be bo the least bit afraid of Billy in fact he shook one le lee at him and this made Billy very angry Indeed Down went Billys Billy's head and this time he ran at the man Bump went his head and over tumbled the sCarecrow scarecrow scarecrow scare sCare- crow and ag again ln Billy Goat butted When he saw the straw sticking out of the coat sleeves and the legs of the he trousers he ho stood still and stared He lifted his his his' head and looked around to see if anyone was in sight on whom he could take revenge for he was very angry now and there on top of the stone wall sat Mr Dog and Miss Tabby laughing at him Billy Goat started for them but the stone wall was all he could use his horns on so he stopped and looked up at them shaking his head In a avery avery avery very thre threatening manner Thought it was a live man didn't you Billy said Miss Tabby who felt much safer than Mr Dog because there was a tree by the trie stone wall If It yo you yot will promise never to bother us again we wont won't tell anyone how hw you were fooled will we Mr Dog Mr Dog said he wouldn't and as he heWa Wa was not in a position to make any other bargain Billy Goat had to promise promise promise prom- prom ise never to be rude to them ag again |