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He was an old man, but still seemed to have plenty of vigour in him. He evidently guessed how his wife and child had gone down, and he endeavoured to avoid the rope and to skip over it when it came near him. HE WAS AN OLD MAN BUT STILL SEEMED TO HAVE PLENTY OF VIGOUR IN HIM HE EVIDENTLY GUESSED HOW HIS WIFE AND CHILD HAD GONE DOWN AND HE ENDEAVOURED TO AVOID THE ROPE AND TO SKIP OVER IT WHEN IT CAME NEAR HIM
e 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. 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. Whereupon a stout woman, the boy's mother apparently, ran out from the cottage, and also made for the goat. The goat flew down the road, and the woman flew after it. At the first corner, the woman trod on the rope, and then _she_ went down with a bump and a screech. Then the goat turned and ran up the street, and, as it passed the cottage, the father ran out and tried to stop it. NING 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 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 WHEREUPON A STOUT WOMAN THE BOY'S MOTHER APPARENTLY RAN OUT FROM THE COTTAGE AND ALSO MADE FOR THE GOAT THE GOAT FLEW DOWN THE ROAD AND THE WOMEN FLEW AFTER IT AT THE FIRST CORNER THE WOMAN TROD ON THE ROPE AND THEN SHE WENT DOWN WITH A BUMP AND A SCREECH THEN THE GOAT TURNED AND RAN UP THE STREET AND AS IT PASSED THE COTTAGE THE FATHER RAN OUT AND TRIED TO STOP IT
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