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After the goat (in the double sense of the phrase) came a child. The child tried to catch the goat by means of the rope, caught itself in the rope instead, and went down with a bump and a screech. AFTER THE GOAT IN THE DOUBLE SENSE OF THE PHRASE CAME A CHILD THE CHILD TRIED TO CATCH THE GOAT BY MEANS OF THE ROPE CAUGHT ITSELF IN THE ROPE INSTEAD AND WENT DOWN WITH A BUMP AND A SCREECH
ow, and how any man who lived in the middle could get home without climbing over half the other houses in the place I could not make out. They were the sort of villages where a man's mother-in-law, coming to pay him a visit, might wander around all day, hearing him, and even now and then seeing him, yet never being able to get at him in consequence of not knowing the way in. A drunken man, living in one of these villages, could never hope to get home. He would have to sit down outside, and wait till his head was clear. We witnessed the opening scenes of a very amusing little comedy at one of the towns where the train drew up. The chief characters were played by an active young goat, a small boy, an elderly man and a woman, parents of the small boy and owners of the goat, and a dog. First we heard a yell, and then, from out a cottage opposite the station, bounded an innocent and happy goat, and gambolled around. A long rope, one end of which was fastened to his neck, trailed behind him. MBLED UP TOGETHER JUST ANYHOW AND HOW ANY MAN WHO LIVED IN THE MIDDLE COULD GET HOME WITHOUT CLIMBING OVER HALF THE OTHER HOUSES OF THE PLACE I COULD NOT MAKE OUT THEY WERE THE SORT OF VILLAGES WHERE A MAN'S MOTHER IN LAW COMING TO PAY HIM A VISIT MIGHT WANDER AROUND ALL DAY HEARING HIM AND EVEN NOW AND THEN SEEING HIM YET NEVER BEING ABLE TO GET AT HIM IN CONSEQUENCE OF NOT KNOWING THE WAY IN A DRUNKEN MAN LIVING IN ONE OF THESE VILLAGES COULD NEVER HOPE TO GET HOME HE WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN OUTSIDE AND WAIT TILL HIS HEAD WAS CLEAR WE WITNESSED THE OPENING SCENES OF A VERY AMUSING LITTLE COMEDY AT ONE OF THE TOWNS WHERE THE TRAIN DREW UP THE CHIEF CHARACTERS WERE PLAYED BY AN ACTIVE YOUNG GOAT A SMALL BOY AN ELDERLY MAN AND A WOMAN PARENTS OF THE SMALL BOY AND OWNERS OF THE GOAT AND A DOG FIRST WE HEARD A YELL AND THEN FROM OUT A COTTAGE OPPOSITE THE STATION BOUNDED AN INNOCENT AND HAPPY GOAT AND GAMBOLLED AROUND A LONG ROPE ONE END OF WHICH WAS FASTENED TO HIS NECK TRAILED BEHIND HIM
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