A Tame White Goat 



seconds he debated what to do, fearing 

 lest it might die if left alone ; then, he came 

 to the conclusion that it was probably 

 old enough to do without its mother's 

 milk, and would have at least a chance 

 for its life if left to itself. Accordingly, he 

 walked towards the boat; but he soon 

 found it was following him. He tried 

 to frighten it back, but it belonged to 

 much too stout-hearted a race to yield 

 to pretence, and on it came after him. 

 When he reached the boat, after some 

 hesitation he put the little thing in and 

 started down-stream. At first the motion 

 of the boat startled it, and it jumped 

 right out into the water. When he got 

 it back, it again jumped out, on to a 

 bowlder. On being replaced the second 

 time, it made no further effort to escape ; 

 but it puzzled him now and then by sud- 

 denly standing up with its fore-feet on 

 the very rim of the ticklish dugout, so 

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