84 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



of the time lie was on foot, and part of the 

 time lie flew. "Sometimes he would get before 

 me," the farmer says, "and stop at the cross- 

 paths, to see which way I would take. We 

 were gone from home from ten o'clock in the 

 morning until eight in the evening; and my 

 companion followed me through all the wind- 

 in o^s of the wood, without seeming^ to be at all 

 fatigued. After this, he attended me every- 

 where. I was not able to go to any place, with- 

 out his tracing my steps. One day, he even 

 visited me while I was at church. At another 

 time, as he was passing by the minister's window, 

 he heard me talking in the room. Finding the 

 door open, he entered, went up stairs, and when 

 he saw me, gave a loud exclamation of joy, to 

 the no small fright of the family." The friend- 

 ship between the gander and his master contin- 

 ued about two years, when the fellow became so 

 troublesome, that it was necessary to shut him 

 up. While he was confined, he pined away, 

 and in about a year from the time he was first 

 separated from his master, he died. 



A Canada goose became very much attached 

 to a dog, in consequence of the dog having once 

 saved her life, when she was attacked by a fox. 

 This goose would sit or stand hours near the 

 kennel of the dog, and never quit it while he 



