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THEMEDPORD MAIL TRIBUNE, aCEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1009.
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CHRISTMAS AND
THE WHITE GOOSE
By ELLA M. PLATT.
tCoprrlRht, 1909, by Amorlcnn Prs Asso
ciation.
kllB little boy nnd the little girl
ant nt tbo bronkfn&t tnble eat
ing oatmcnl nml milk.
Their iwiw mm to their mam-
mn: "A. Christmas goose is the best
thing there Is. This year wo must
hare n Christmas goose." v
The little girl looked un at the little
boy and smiled, and the little boy
smiled back.
' After breakfast tho little girl and
the little boy put on their caps and
coats nud mit
tens and stnrted
off for the barn
yard.
They met
big. old, fat
duck.
"Are you the
Christmas
goose?" asked
the little girl,
Tho big, old.
fat duck shook
her head.
xncy met a
big, old, fat hen.
"Are you the
Christmas
goose?" asked
the little boy.
But the big.
-rcrrtNa the wiikatu old. fat hen
on toe goose. shook her head.
They met a big, old, fat guinea ben.
"Are you the Christmas goose?" ask
ed the little boy.
The big. old, fat guinea hen shook
Jicr head.
t They met a big, old, fat whlto goose.
"Arc you tho Christmas goose?" ask
ed the little glrL
And the big, old. fat white goose
nodded her head and fluffed her feath
ers and stepped proudly with her flat,
yellow, webbed feet.
"Ob, goody!" snouted the little boy.
"We're found oar Christmas goose al
ready." "Oh, oh. oh I know something,"
said the little girl, and she ran to tho
'house Just ft fast as tha could go.
'And when she coma back she had a
lovely little holly wreath tied with
beautiful long rod and green ribbons.
They put the wreath over the head
of the Christmas goose, and each held
one of the ribbons. Tho Christmas
pooso waddled along produly.
Tho quinea hens piped, the ducks
quacked and the hens clucked when
they saw Ibis fine sight.
t The littlo boy and tho little girl led
and drove the proud Christmas eooso
out of tho lmraynrd to tho green
grovo where nil the littlo Christmas
trees grow.
"Wo must have a Christmas tree for
our Clu-lstinas goose." said the little
girl.
"Vos, yes, Christmas goose," said tho
littlo boy, "you wait right hero for us.
Don't you muss your holly wreath,
nud dou't you muss your ribbons."
The proud Christmas goose waddled
gently to show how careful slio would
be. The little boy and the little girl
ran away fast to get the things for tho
Christmas tree.
Tho little girl brought back some
cars of red nud yellow corn and n
bunch of wheat aud barley bends and
n pocketful of onts.
The little boy brought back two cab
bages and a yellow pumpkin nud some
grain. The Christinas goose became
so excited when she saw these things
that she waddled too fast.
"Walt a minute, Christmas goosel"
cried the little boy, nnd he placed his
things on the ground near the tree.
"It isn't quite time, Christmas
goose," cried the little girl, aud sho
fasteued her things ou the tree.
"Now, Chrl.xtmas goose," said the lit
tie girl, "we will go and Invite all your
menus to coma
nnd seeourbenu'
tlful tree."
So the littlo
girl picked up
her ribbon, nnd
tho little boy
picked up his rib
bon, and they led
and drovo tho
Christmas gooso
back to tho barn
yard. But it was
hard work, for
tho Christmas
gooso wanted to
turn her head all
tho Uxno to look
at the Christmas
tree. At the b&rn
yard all the
"coiiE. see oun chickens nnd all
cnmsTUAs treeI" the ducks and all
the guinea hens stood still to admire
the uu Christmas goose In her holly
wreath and ribbons.
"Oh, chickens?" said the littlo boy.
"Oh, ducks!" said tho little glrL
"Oh. guinea hens!" said the little boy,
f we
THE HIST FUN OP AM
raked her head every few minute to
shako her holly wreath.
Papa aud mamma enmu out to see
thcui.
"Heigh-ho! What's this?" said papa.
"Mercy! What's all this?" said
mamma.
"This Is Nhe Christmas gooso!"
shouted the little boy.
'And tho Christinas goose's Christ
mas tree!" said tho little girl.
"And the Christmas goose's friends!"
said the little boy.
"Yes, nud It Is qulto true, pnpn."
said tho little girl. "A Christmas
gooso Is tho best thing thero Is! Why,
a Christmas goose Is Just lots of fun!"
"Yes. mamma." said the little boy,
"a Christmas gooso Is tbo best fun of
all."
WOMAN.
A Mystery Thai Kuep Man Eternally
on tho Quen,
"When woman has censed to bo a
mystery she will cease to bo of special
Interest to man," said one among tho
loveliest of Iter sex, and she Is able to
speak as oiu having authority, for bIio
Is comely nnd has been alive long
enough to know whereof sho speaks.
And, cotno to think of It, bIiu Is
about rlght-sho In right.
It Isn't because woman makes of
herself a mystery, she's a mystery In
spite of herself. .ml nature alone,
being tnnu'H superior on earth, seems
to bo playing woman so as to keep
man ever guessing, for as soon us he
has succeeded in Hwurlug out one of
her equations she hands him another,
nnd so ou, and on.
At tlrst the young man thinks ho
knows all about all women, but by tho
time his looks begin to whiten ho Is
ready to concede that ho doesn't even
know all about one. Or do you know
all about tier?
To tho laddie they aro all klssable.
or nearly all. but as timo passes the
klssable list shortens and'shortens un
til nt last well, you may answer for
yourself, but no doubt It Is qulto short
unless you belong to tho promiscuous
brotherhood. I'lttaburgUnzette-Ttmes.
The Moon.
The moon's mean distance from tho
earth la 237.000 miles. When It Is at
the perigee nearest point It Is 223,000
miles and when at tho apogee far
thest point more than 251.000 miles
from tho earth. The actual diameter
Is estimated at 2.153 miles, or a littlo
less than three-elevenths of the earth's
diameter. The moon's volume Is
therefore about ono forty-ninth that
of the earth, and its mass la ono
eighty-eighth of the earth; consequent
ly tho force of gravity Is so much less
at lta Btirfnre Minn It In nt tha onrth'a
"Come, see our Christmas tree!" said that a hodv woltrhlmr 1 00ft
tho little girl. I nounda hero would welch on tho moon
jluu uuc&ens ciuc&cu, aim me uuco ontT 1(vj nnnnda.
quaciccu. aua lue guinea neus pipcu.
and they all spread themselves out In
a Ions row and ran around and around
and arc and after tha little girl and tho
Uttlo boy driving their Christmas goose.
The little boy and the little girl
scattered corn aud wheat uud ouU
.11 K - - 1 rtA..n.t . 1 . nv
Christmas tree. The chicken nnd tho
ducks and tbo guinea hens ate and
ate and ate.
ntc, too, but she nte very proudly and t
One Who Knew.
"Does any one In tho class," asked
the teacher, "know tbo origin of tbo
corn laws?"
"Yes, ma'am," answered tho shaggy
haired pupil. 'They were written by
John Bunion." Chicago Tribune.
There In no kllllnt h misnlrlrin thnt '
The Christmas goose deceit has once begotten. Eliot. I
Tho littlo pooplo aro
usually afraid of tho dark,
and a light bod room glvos
thorn confldonco.
But a bod room llchtod
by opon flamo mothods
takos away from tho so
curofoolingof tho paronts.
Uso oloctrlclty for light
and thoro will bo no dangor
of flro to tho tiny onos.
Thoy can turn It off and
on wlthoutdangor.
Send for tho man NOW.
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