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Show DacUyjfvening Bonner IftSv A TRUE GOOSE "Some people," said Mrs. Emden Goose, usually Just called Mrs. Goose - Wll by her friends, "like to have sheep keep their great lawns cut short, but we can do the work better I and we're not so delicate a? sheep. "We are strong and can look after ourselves if we're given plenty of shade and a good-sized good-sized tub or place in which to bathe, and enough green stuff to eat. "Tn the winrer "Their Great we need n s,hed Lawns " where we can keep warm and some corn ground up like a mash for us to eat. "Our wings are strong and we can hurt creatures with them. And we geese don't bother to have young ones until we are a year old and can give proper goose advise to our children. "Our eggs are large and white. "We like swamp land, and land that others would not. like. They wouldn't ask the opinion of a gander about their land." Mrs. Goose laughed, her pink bill wiggled with amusement. "Neither would they ask the opinion opin-ion of a goose," said Mr. Gander, standing very straight, his beautiful white body looking very handsome. His orange legs also made him seem very fine looking. "Tit for tat," said Mrs. Goose, In a shrill voice. "Well, you haven't much sense," said Mr. Gander. "You're a goose, all I right.'" "Well, you wouldn't have me a canary ca-nary bird, would you?" answered Mrs. Goose, grinning a goose grin. "No," returned Mr. Gander, "I wouldn't have you a canary bird. I wouldn't have you any kind of a bird. "Nor, for that matter, would I have you any kind of a wild animal such as a lion or h tiger or a wolf or a zebra. I "I shouldn't think you would want to be anything else, would you?" "Oh, no," said Mrs. Goose, "I suppose sup-pose It is all right for a lion to be a lion and a tiger to be a tiger and- a wolf to be a wolf and a zebra to be a zebra and a canary bird to be a canary bird. But It would never do for me. "I am not familiar with tiger ways or lion ways or zebra ways or canary bird ways. "I know the good old goose manners man-ners and fashions and ways. A lion may be. proud of hlo mane. But 1 am proud of my strong wings. "I am proud of my large white eggs. I am proud of my pink bill. "I suppose It Is all what one Is used to being. Now I don't suppose a person would care to be a goose, although I have heard people calling other people 'silly geese,' or 'you silly goose.' "Still people are not real geese. If they are called ,geese It Is senseless. And maybe they think It Is senseless too. "If I were a person I would have to go to school when young. I would have to do sums and spell and write compositions. I've heard children talking about the work they had to do. "Or I would have to play games and try to get on a school team. "Or I would have to go and play after school hours In a most ridiculous ridicu-lous manner. "And when I grew up 1 would nnt.fer J f ' nave to seep ..We.re Not So house and arrange Delicate." the meals for all the rest of the family, and also cook. "I wouldn't be a person for anything. any-thing. Nor would' ! be anything else than a goose." "I'm glad to hour you say that," snld Mr. Gander, "very, very glad Indeed." ' |