68 Domestic Animals 



horse, which, by the way, wasn't a horse at all, but 

 the very cutest little "Billy-goat" it had ever been 

 Miss Clare's lot to see. 



The little people crowded around it admiringly, 

 and the teacher said, "Look at the goat carefully, 

 children, for I shall want you to tell me about him 

 after school opens," while Fred explained that the 

 team came on New Year's Day, a present from Uncle 

 Fred, who lived in New York. 



When the "quarter bell" rang, Tom said he must 

 take Little Brother home and go to school himself, 

 but that they would drive over again the next day. 



Now it happened that Miss Clare had written in 

 her note-book for January, "Animal Study Goats," 

 but she had no idea that she was to be aided in such 

 a realistic way; so the children found several pictures 

 of goats drawn on the blackboard when they went 

 in, and they were soon comparing them with the 

 "real one." Then they compared goats with sheep 

 and found 



Some resemblances: 

 Size. 

 Shape. 



