M. SEGUIN’S GOAT 7

‘I would butt him with my horns,
M. Seguin.’

‘Much the wolf would care for that !
He has eaten goats with bigger horns
than yours. You remember poor old
Renaude who was with me last year?
Such a fine nanny-goat, as big and as
spiteful as a billy-goat. She fought
with a wolf all night . . . but he ate
her up in the morning.’

‘What a pity! Poor Renaude....
Never mind, M. Seguin. Do let me go
to the mountain.’

‘ Gracious goodness !’said M.Seguin,
‘what can be the matter with all my
goats? The wolf will have this one
too. .. . I will notallowit. I will save
you in spite of yourself, you naughty
child, and for fear you should break
your cord, I will shut you in the stable,
and there you shall stay.’

So said, so done. M. Seguin took
the goat to a dark stable and shut her
up there. Unfortunately he forgot to
shut the window, and he had scarcely

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