A GOOSE FLYING A KITE. 



^N"©!' long ago some little boys were flying small paper kites. 

 They were made of newspaper, about as big as your hand, with 

 straws stuck thi'ough for sticks. 



A flock of tame geese came waddling along, picking up stray 

 grains of corn. One of the boys took a grain and tied his kite-string 

 firmly to it. An old gray goose, a little behind the rest, with her 

 neck stuck out as far as possible, made a grab for the corn. She 

 got it, but found she had the kite, too. 



Off she started, — " Quack, quack, quack ! " — with the kite 

 flying up above her head and her wings flapping all the while. It 

 frightened the rest of the geese, and such a quacking and flapping 

 as they made ! The boys raced after them, and thought it fine fun 

 to see an old goose flying a kite. 



