The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-10-20


teHXS>DI goats live away of up in the
HASoI mountains, and don't like
for people to come where
they are They can jump farther than
tame goats and they can run as fast
as deer can-or nearly as fast, anyway.
The wild kids are just as cute as
they can be, and they soon learn to do
many things, but, Of course, little
bit Of wild kid cannot run very fast;
lust like little boy can't run as fast
as big boy.
Well, one time away up in the
mountains lived wild goat family and
there were two old goats, mamma
and a papa, and there We're two little
goats; one was brother and the other
was sister. They all loved each other
lust as mush as people do, and they
were together nearly all the time, and
had good time. They got up as soon
as it was light in the morning and
they went to sleep as soon as 1t was
dark at night, but the papa goat never
slept nearly as sound as YOU would
think he did, and If he heard any noise
at all he was wide awake before you
could say scat" and you can be sure
that nothing could come around unless
| he knew about it. So they all got
| along lust as fine as could be until one
| day the papa goat went over the other
1 side of the mountain to see II the
grass was green, for it was not very
green where they were, SO he thought
| il it was better on the other side they
would all move over there.
/ Now, other wild animals live up in
the mountains too. and the worst one
is the bad wolf He is just nartually
| mean. and he can't help it. guess. for
he never is anything but bad. So it
looks like he don't want to be any other
way. He saw the old papa goat
start off over the mountain, and he
right away thought it would be good
chance to get one of the kids. And
what do you think he wanted with one
of them? Well. will tell you; he
wanted to eat 1t.
Before the papa goat started he told
the mamma goat to be careful until he
got back and watch the kids. So she
was, and they were getting alons
nicely until. nearly dark, when the
brother kid thought he would go dowr
to the stream and get a good COO
s drink before it was time to go t.
sleep. So he went by himself, anG
right behind big rock where thu
goats went to get a drink was wher'
the old bad wolf was hiding, and a!
soon as the kid came to the stream
] he looked out and said: So you hav'
, come at last; | have waited all da!
for you, but now will have goo,
supper" And then the kid started t,
) run, and he ran as fast as he could
i but that was not so fast as the oil
: mean wolf can run, and SO he coul'
i just could not get back to where hi
mamma was He tried as hard as h
a could, but the old wolf caught hir
!, and was going to bite him right there
a but the kid began to cry. Do yo
+ know the way Il kid cries? They &
! b-a-a-a. h-a-a-a when they cry an
3 when they laugh they just go b-a, b-s
3 Well, this kid went b-a-a-a as hard a
4 he could, aud he thought he w0ul
8 never see his mother and sister aga1
! and surely not his papa, for he though
= he was away over OH the other side G
. the mountain. But the papa goat ha
+ Just got back home, and he heard til
. little brother kid say b-a-a-a. and b
. knew he was crying, SO he ran as fas
= as he could, and you remember thu
the papa goat can run very fast. SO
l. minute he was at the place where til
kid was. So he put his head dow
r real low and ran just as straight .
10 the old wolf as he could go, and
3 butted that old wolf right over I'll
Il big rock and he fell so far down I'll
y side Of the mountain that | would
70 sure that he nearly was killed.
And so the brother goat was save
" and he is very proud Of his papa. al
d so he said one day, Will l have gree
d big horlis like you have when / am
goat? . And the papa goat said. 9 Ye
you will have them if the wolf do
not eat you up before you are goat
And the kid said, :" He won't try to e,
10 me IL stay near you or mamma WI
hep And the papa goat said mo
DO So the kid is going to stay right clio
:. to his mamma and papa until he is
!" big sure enought goat and then he VI
no not be afraid of the old wolf.
LUTHER JEFFERSON.
~ Shreveport, La, Oct. 10, 1921.