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he would take it home aHve and give it to his boy 

 and girl as a pet. 



The boy and girl were very much interested in 

 the wild goose, when the man took it to them, 

 though the little girl almost cried to see its broken 

 wing. However, her father told her that he would 



set the bone and 

 bandage the 

 wing and that it 

 would be well 

 before long. He 

 told her tliat if 

 the bones of 

 wild fowls are 

 broken they 

 heal of them- 

 selves if the 

 Graywings wounded fowls are lu free- 



dom, but if they are caged, the bones have to be 

 set. 



The children named their goose Graywings, and 

 a fine large cage was built for it. 



The goose seemed sad and lonely. It pined in 

 its cage ana would hardly ever eat. Perhaps it 

 was pining for its mate. 



