CHAPTER VI 



WILD LIFE IN THE FARM-YARD 



I WANT you to visit a farm where there are 

 turkeys and geese and guineas. If you live 

 in New York City or in Chicago you may not be 

 able to do so for some time. Then take a trip to 

 the market or to the zoological gardens. But 

 most of you live close enough to the country, so 

 that you could easily find a farmer who would in- 

 vite you out to see his prize gobbler and his great 

 hissing gander. 



However, I shall not wait to send you ; for I am 

 going to take you now out to an old farm that 

 I loved as a boy, where there are turkeys and 



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