She was starved sure enough! You never saw anything like the corn she downed." "Well I declare!" said mother.

"Now after this, take her out alone, for a few days, and give her as much as she wants." "All right!" chuckled Leon, because it was a lot of fun to see her run her bill around, and gobble up the corn, and stick up her head.
The next day was Saturday, so after breakfast I went with Leon to drive the sheep and geese to the creek to water; the trough was so high it was only for the horses and cattle; when we let out the geese, the blue one wasn't there.
"Oh Leon, did you forget to come back and put her in ?" "Yes I did!" he said.

"I meant to when I looked at you to keep still, and I started to do it, but Sammy Deam whistled, so I went down in the orchard to see what he wanted, and we got to planning how to get up a fox chase, and I stayed until father called for night, and then I ran and forgot all about the blame old goose." "Oh Leon! Where is she?
What will mother say?
'Spose a fox got her!" "It wouldn't help me any if it had, after I was to blame for leaving her outside.

Blast a girl! If you ever amounted to anything, you could have put her in while I fixed the horses.

At least you could have told me to." I stood there dumblike and stared at him.