GRAY GEESE AND THE CRANE 
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water. In a moment he splashed into the 
sea and disappeared ’round the corner. 
Dannie Whooping Crane just looked and 
cracked another clam. He cracked them 
and cracked them till there were quite 
enough for the whole company; then he 
went stalking away over a sand pile. 
“A very fine fellow!” exclaimed one of 
the Gray Goose children. 
“Not a bit proud, though he is so strong!” 
said Tommie Specks’ sister, who was not 
pleased that day at her over-proud brother, 
and quite pleased with the actions of the 
tall young bird stranger. 
That night, as she slept, Little Baby 
Laughing Loon dreamed that she was a big 
Black Fox and that Dannie Whooping Crane 
was trying to peck her eyes out with his 
long, strong beak. 
