Show 0 e visas 7 ay isa SL MAW MARY GRAHAM BILLY GOATS FEVER billy goat or sir william as he liked to be called told ill all the other animals lu lit the barnyard that lie he was wag very III hi arid and thought lie he was not going to live much longer the matter crowed red hed top the rooster well if only let me sleep in the morning perhaps perli aps I 1 be so sick moaned the goat sorry I 1 cant oblige you said red top it if you were sorry stop muttered sir william ant anil then he said oil some one quick feel my head it la Is so hot I 1 have a fever I 1 shall burn right up with it not so said red top its my nature to crow in the morning I 1 cant change my nature besides I 1 think youve slept too much you can oversleep you know no I 1 dont know such a thing only you know that sort of ridiculous nonsense and the goat groaned nals erable well lets feel ills his head sald said porky pig ilg as lie walk walked ed slowly out of tits his muddy pen yes well all feel ills his head sald said sirs mrs lien and over they walked toward sir william but tile mili minute tite they got near him to feel ills his head lie he shook it so BO hard that they became afraid he be would hurt them with his horns I 1 then they all rushed back but the song sparrow in a tree near by said ile he needs some water that I 1 Is pit he be needs ned 3 but liow how can we give it to him scolded the peacock when lie he la Is so BO cranky he needs it a doctor an and a good lose of medicine what lie he needs 1 I dont I 1 dont walled sir witham ivo ive got a fever I 1 dont need a doctor how will medicine which I 1 swallow help my poor lot hot head 1 im not a doctor said the peacock so I 1 cant tell you how but it will all too tod absurd retorted sir william but just at that moment out came the farmer its a mighty hot day lie he said partly to himself and partly to the animals why look at my poor old goat I 1 the goat was feeling so very J i sorry I 1 cant oblige you said ned top wretched that li he e did not mind being called poor old goat in the least you need some soine water continued use tho farmer and when he had given tile the goat a good drink and sprinkled some cool water over ills hend head sir williams fever left him right awall away I 1 now sir william goat was extremely proud of ills his chin whiskers it makes me look like such a gentleman lie ho said now that jie was taking nn nil interest in his bis appearance once again absurd said mr air peacock you look any more like a gentleman than I 1 could 1 I most certainly could said sir Wil william willinia linin angrily ang rily in the first place I 1 tie do look like a gentleman because I 1 have whiskers gentlemen Jent lemen aru very apt to have whiskers and gentlemen never liae have tall feathers or train feathers of many colors the alie peacock felt that old behy goat 6 as of course course he was called balled hail had certainly won the argument m hut but suddenly lie thought of so bo nothing else hilly 11 lie suld said yes replied sir william yo you u cant he be a goat ano and n gentleman at tile the sano same time now can you im not so sure said sir william win who like the question so much just then tile farmer came out to th tha barnyard with ills his newspaper lie he put it down saying 1 I must attend to my animals now nad read tho the paper later well sir oto ate tile the paper right apt up I 1 and he said to the peacock 1 I took in everything that was in the paper q 1 I too have my paper who says now that I 1 am not a gentleman certainly billy goat had a good deal to sa aay v for hini self |