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RAVEN AND THE GEESE 



FOR a long time Raven lived alone, but finally 

 became tired of it and decided to take a wife. It 

 was late in the fall and he noticed that the birds 

 were going south in large flocks. He flew away 

 and stopped directly in the path taken by geese 

 and other wild fowl on their way to the land of 

 summer. 



As he sat there he saw a pretty young goose 

 coming near. He hid his face by looking at his 

 feet, so that she would not know but that he was a 

 black goose, and called out, " Who wishes jne for 

 a husband? I am a very nice person." 



The goose flew on without heeding him and he 

 looked after her and sighed. Soon after a black 

 brant passed, and Raven cried out as before, but 

 the brant flew on. Again he waited and this 

 time a duck passed near, and when Raven cried 

 out she turned her head a little. 



" Oh, I shall succeed this time," thought Ra- 

 ven, and his heart beat fast with hope. But the 



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