THE WILD GEESE 



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| It is well along in August before the young are 



/ able to fly. All this time the parents have cared 



for them. They will continue to keep them to- 



Housekeeping for the geese is a particularly serious business 



gether as a family during the southern flight and 

 on until the next spring. 

 No phase of the life of these great birds is so 



