The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-16

"You7" replied the lad, again eyeing the monarch, with grin. "They must be fellows indeed An, now I have 1t! You a schoolmAster tell you, boys are much easier to manage than geese"
 Possibly but come, be quick. Will you fetch me the book2 l will answer for any mischief that may happen"
 This decided the boy. He enjoined the king to keep watchful eye over the goose which he called the court gander-a splendid gander, who might of directly, leading the whole herd after him. Then the boy gave him the whip and ran of, but soon stood still, and then came back again.
 What does this mean3" cried the king to him.
 "Crack it once !" ordered the boy. The king tried it. but it wonld not crack at all.
 "That's just what thought !" exclaimed the boy. "The schoolmaster fances he take of geese, and cannot even crack the whip!"
 Then he took the whip out of the kings hand, and showed him how to crack it. His majesty could scarcely repress his laughter he tried all he could to learn how to crack it, and when he had succeeded, the boy enoined him to 1t at the right moment, and then ran away. Now the king could laugh as much as he liked.
 But, in fact, 1t seemed if the geese observed at once that their young and severe master no longer held the reins of government. The gander which the boy had pointed out as the court gander raised his long neck, looked everywhere around him, uttered several "quack quacksP P and then all the geese raised their wings, screamed aloud, and be- fore the king could look around rushed of to all points of the compass in the meadows around the lake.
 The king cried out 1t was of no use he wanted to crack the whip, but the whip gave him no sound he ran to the right, he ran to the left-Sll of no use whatever. Out of breath with laughing, he sat down on the trunk Of a tree, where the boy had been sitting, and let the geese go.
 "The boy was really right" he said to himself, "that it is easier to govern couple of millions of men than to manage a herd of geese. Only it was that scoundrel, the court gander who the cause of all this mischief"
 The boy meanwhile had found the book, and came merrily back. But when he saw what had happened, he let the book fall out of his hand
 There we have it !" he exclaimed, sobbing with anger and grief. "Didn't I say you understood nothing about it? Just look now! I can't collect them together by myself. Now you will have to help me-"
 After the boy had instructed the king how he must lift up his arms, wave them about, and shout aloud, he of to fetch the most distant of the strayed flock
 The king did all that was in his power and after great exertions the whole flock was at last assem- bled again; then the boy began to scold the king for doing his duty so badly, concluding with the words:
 "Never in my lite will trust the whip out of my hands again. 1 wouldn't even trust it to the king himself, if he tried to persuade me to leave my flock"
 "You are right, my brave lad," said the king, bursting into loud laugh "he understands no more about it than do, for am the king myself"
 "You? You may make @ simpleton believe that, but not mel" he exclaimed. "Take your book, and make haste and go home. To pretend, indeed, that you are the king, after showing yourself 90 clumsy"
 "Don't be out of temper" said the good natured king, as he offered him another forin; "I will pledge you my word never again to take charge of geese"
 The boy thanked him, thought for little while then said "Whoever you are, you are 8 good gentleman; but don't deceive yourself that you are 8 goose herder. Remember the proverb, Shoe maker, stick to your last.'"
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