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off and by pulling the tendon cause the toes to curl up. If some one 

 will bring to school one of the legs of a turkey or chicken and illustrate 

 this, you may learn why it is that chickens may fall asleep on the perch 

 without falling off. The tendon is stretched as the turkey bends its leg 

 and the toes grasp the perch and hold on. When it straightens its leg 

 to leave the perch the toes are spread out, but not until then. 



Write Uncle John a real good letter about turkeys, not those you 

 have read about, but those you have seen. 



THE GOOSE. 



Ada E. Georgia. 



Many persons prefer roast goose to roast turkey for Thanksgiving 

 dinner. I fear that many children know little about this splendid bird 

 except its delicious 

 taste when it comes 

 on the table ; but the 

 habits of the goose 

 are very interesting. 

 They are affectionate 

 toward each other 

 and are brave, fierce 

 fighters against any- 

 thing from which they 

 fear injury. Geese 

 are not silly, although 

 to call anyone a 

 goose is equivalent to 

 saying that he has 

 been very foolish. 



Some of you may 

 have had the good 

 fortune during the 

 autumn to see the 

 " flying wedge " of 

 the wild geese pass- 

 ing, far overhead, 

 and southward bound. 

 Think of the power 

 expended by those 

 wings in carrying the 

 heavy bodies, weigh- 

 ing from twelve to Fig. 3— An affectionate companion. 



