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Show THE EMDEN GEESE "We ure very useful," salil Mrs. Kin-don Kin-don (oiose, usually known mm Mrs. !oose. and Mr. J A (1 I l ii 0 w n a M r. '""j C j (loader MM i fljj,j "Of course we .rlltJ'T are." U "Some people," u said Mrs. QOQM, l t ' i i I i li -i . sheep keep their A xV i Kl'eat lawns cut 4 K A short, hut we ean I J I do (ho work liet Jtjjt rv v let and we're not ;W' V so delicate as ' .jr':" sheep. ?1 '";. "We are stroliR V '! " - '' mid ean look nf- "No, No, No!" ,,r lf Shrieked Mrs. w,'r" lv"" I''"'" Q00ge of shade and u food -sized lull or place to bathe In, mid emiiiu'h irreen stulT to eat. "In the winter we need it shed where we can keep warm and some corn grand n like a mash to eat "Our wfnge are itrong mid we enn hurt people with them. And we ei se don't bother to have younir ones until we are a year old ami ean ghre proper mlviee to our children. And our eggs are large and while, they ii re. "We like swnmp land, nnd land that others make a fuss uliont. We're not rrnnks iilmut the land we're given for our hollies." "Well," said Mr. (lander, after n pause, "are fOJ through?" "For the time helng," mild Mrs. Qooae, "Wi II, tlien, I will talk," said Mr. Gander, "Co ahead," said Mrs. (loose. "I'm not going ahead at all," said Mr. Qaader. "I shall stand tpilte still. 1 will not walk If I do not want to w: He. And as I don't want to walk I will not walk." "I didn't mean you were to go ahead walking," said Mrs. (ioose. "oli, Qoooejr, Qooeey," said Mr. QaOdtr, "how did yon expect me to go ahead? On my head, perhaps?" "No, no, no!" shrieked Mrs. fJoofjQ. In her shrill voice. "I meant you to go . ahead with your (silking, and not walking." walk-ing." "Oh!" said Mr. (inndo . ..iufff:-y '. rawfimu-iji mv i n?-"1'-' u"-v "UJ" l you say so in the lust place mid not waste all this valuable Mine?" "Is the time so valuable?" asked Mrs. (ioose. "Of course, said Mr. Gander. "What makes you think so?" usked Mrs. Qooee, "I don't think so," answered Mr. Gamier, 'hut It Is so, Just the same. When they were all deciding that time was valuable they didn't stop to aeh my opinion." "They wouldn't ask the opinion of g gander," laughed Mrs. Qooee, her pink bill wiggling with amusement. "And neither would they ask the opinion ot a goose," said Mr. Gamier, landing very straight, his beautiful white body looking very handsome. Ills orange 1. also made him seem very line looking. "Tit for tat," said Mrs. Goose, In a shrill voice. "Do you hI-Ii me M talk?" asked Mr. Guilder, proudly. "Oil, go ahead," said Mrs. Goose. "You made that mistake before," said Mr. lander, "and made lne quite confused." "Well, you're a silly gander," said Mi s. ( loose. "And you're a silly gooaa, which is Wi r.v," eald Mr. Gander, "As you mean me to tulk ahead ami not go ale .id I w ill do so. "What 1 wsiiil to say Is (Ids : li ever l heard a gooee live up to what was expected of her that is, to -be a regulur silly gooee you did it , when you talked oo long without stop- ; plug. "You told me s-.il about ourselves, our ; ways ami our habits, ami everything you could think of which would go r t : , I I i iii ti I k or 4 ; .J l story about the Jf- S; Km den Ueeae - .; I famiiy. "If you bad bei ii talking to Ig Dorunl creatures !Y -.'r who iliiln'l know l( ifcV' about us thai Y V Would have been 'yhz one thing; luit to ' Xr" '"' tell me such I things was mIIv. --2. js" i Indeed. I kl.ou ,y i all about OUr Is. in- - 1'.' II history, lusl .is " '' . 1 i e J iiiuch as you do. ' "Oh. p.i Imps "We Can Do the you do," Bald Woik Better." j lira, (ioose. "if course I do," Interrupted Mr. Gander, "Of course you do." said Mrs. Qooee, "but you don't seem lo know ih.it creatures can repeal what Ihey know. I eon repeal what I know about my family juM as children con tell what their daddies did when they were lit tle Mid Just as they can recite poetry hi schools." i "Von have no sense, no sense; you're a goose nil right." -aid Mr. Gander, Gan-der, and Mrs. Goose grinned ami Midi "Well, you wouldn't have me a canary ca-nary bird, would you?" |