| 单词 | goat |
| 例句 | It gets so desperate he decides to kill one of the chickens and starts eyeing the goat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He seemed in a hurry to get it over with now and I could see Mrs Pratchett’s skinny goat’s legs trotting to keep up with him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Breathless and sweating, I look at the narrow tracks rising steeply up the hillside: old goat trails leading through the barren hills of Turkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There, first, they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual: putting great rams and fat goats to the knife— pigs and a cow, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That goat hated to be milked and always found a way to run off right at milking time. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He had nine brothers and four sisters, all living together in three small rooms along with the family goat. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The instructor explained how the goat followed its buyer to a courtyard, where other Gondwannans waited. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “You stink like an old billy goat,” she said, and wrinkled her nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The woman with the goat had said everything was disorganized. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I was up early that day,” she always began, “because that naughty goat escaped again. I’d just reached the top of the hill when everything started to shake.” I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z A little white goat butt stuck out of the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Aravis couldn't help making a face when she tasted it, for goats' milk is rather a shock when you are not used to it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She inspected the damage done by her stinker of a goat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z My dad often bought us a fresh piece of lamb or goat meat from the butcher shop. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Our father milked the mother goat only once in the first week, to let us taste the special richness of birth milk. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z We also have horses, cows, goats, sheep, more hogs, more chickens, and more dogs and cats. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The goats around Anya noticed Misha was the one with the food, and they wandered away from her to the apple bucket. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “No, those prints are much too big for a goat.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And now it’s over and I can go home, back to Iran and the goat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Some people might have been embarrassed at being caught in a lie of omission by a crude cop with a tattoo of a goat on his wrist, but it didn’t bother me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z In the central chamber was a pen containing many cattle and a few goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat breathed what she assumed was fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There was an old man attending to some task beside the house, and an old woman leading the goat toward a stool and a bucket. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Propped against the rock, wrapped in her sleeping bag, she ate some of the rough bread and the goat’s cheese, and then fell deeply asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Another deal was struck concerning the fate of animals such as sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals are equally varied, ranging from mountain goats to horned toads. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Muriel, the goat, could read somewhat better than the dogs, and sometimes used to read to the others in the evenings from scraps of newspaper which she found on the rubbish heap. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Yawning, he leaned against the truck, which Cockerell had used to bring the goats back that afternoon, and put on a pair of headphones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The goat yelped and pulled back even harder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “It gets Traft Martin’s goat that I won’t sell them. He prides himself on saddling up the best-looking horses in these parts.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Ten thousand years ago, not more than a few million sheep, cattle, goats, boars and chickens lived in restricted Afro-Asian niches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike mealies, which were sometimes in short supply, milk from our cows and goats was always plentiful. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the closet hang a few moth-eaten girl’s dresses and a sweater on which embroidered goats chew flowers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He called me that because I never fell down when we were climbing mountains—sure-footed as a mountain goat, he’d always say. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “She said now the goats have a taste for them. She’ll never be able to keep them out of the garden. I’ve single-handedly ruined everything.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A neighbor gently urges his goats along as he guides them home along the tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z "I was wrong when I told you that he was only a man; it seems now that he's either part goat or part ape. Maybe he's both." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gita, my bird, it’s for their sake. What if Piscine had stuck his hand through the bars of the cage one day to touch the pretty orange fur? Better a goat than him, no?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you hear about my goat?” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Sir, if you have a down payment of three thou, I can make you owner of something a lot better than a pair of rabbits. What about a goat?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I see goats skipping along the rocky coast of Greece where the shepherds are blind because they married their mothers by mistake. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge promptly took off his fake foot and ninja-kicked her in the back of the head with his goat hoof. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When Senor Leal Comes down the back Porch, the goat looks Up and nods his head. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Owning a nanny goat can change your life in District 12. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There were stewed apricots and five or six different cheeses including of course the ever-present gjetost, that tall brown rather sweet Norwegian goat’s cheese which you find on just about every table in the land. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He throws himself at me, or he cunningly sneaks up behind, sometimes in disguise—a goat, a dog, a sickly old woman—and I roll on the floor with laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Silence fell again, except for bleating and the click-click of the goat’s hooves against the floor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I was trussed like a festival-day goat, but they tied Helene’s hands in front of her with twine and propped her on the back of a pony, assuming she was harmless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Ma was still crying with happiness, the goats bleated, chickens crowed and clucked, and neighbors began gathering to share the joy. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “We can try,” said Thor, and he whipped the goats so they ran even faster. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The three Domishmen broke their fast in the predawn chill—a simple meal of fruit and bread and cheese, washed down with goat milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Misha asked pleasantly as he pushed away a goat nibbling on his coat hem. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He smelled like a wet goat wrapped in old cheese. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Very good. There is no goat cheese like this except in Switzerland, where I came from as a boy.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z First, because the lack of sleep was making him delirious, and second, because a crazy goat had chewed free from his tether and was following Finn around, trying to gnaw off his back pockets. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins, the forest was teeming, and the first crops of the hillsides were coming into fruit. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But one day the goat cried in a strange way. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He managed to round up a few goats and cows, and a donkey to help him carry goods and farm the land. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “We bought a goat. Come over and see it, Mr. Bryant.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Why don’t I find you a nice goat to sacrifice? I won’t ask a penny.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I back off, upward toward the mere the goat will never reach. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually his father stopped to scratch the goats’ heads and check their pen for water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It was the fear of the goat, released in the tiger’s cage, when the tiger first looks up from its paws, begins to growl. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My father grew up in a nearby village, and while his family wasn't wealthy, they at least had goats and chickens. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The goat’s dawdling was stretching Anya’s time in the woods, and she really wanted to get out fast. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “We could be on a plane in an hour if we hurry. Start a new life anywhere at all. What about Switzerland? Wouldn’t that be nice, just you and me and some goats?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The goats are not worrying about who is an angel and who is a people or what is fair and what is ghistly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Pita asked, as she watched the boy tug at the goat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Yes….But he hadn’t said anything about a haunch of smoked goat that had been found on the floor, with several large bites taken out of it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Of course that foolish boy let the goats out!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The goat stopped pacing, letting out a little bleat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He reached the crossroads on the edge of the wood, sweaty and hungry and bruised, pulling an uncooperative goat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Through the windshield he watched as Ronny circled around the goat, touched it quickly on its side, then trotted back to the car. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Cattle grazed in thick grass that rippled about their legs, and goats with fat udders wandered with clanking iron bells tied about their necks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first was that of a white billy goat, its head stained red with blood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was the image of the trusting goat that impressed him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Grover said, which was easy for him since he's part mountain goat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then Loma appeared on the trestle, barring my way, flapping her arms at me like a farm wife trying to keep a goat out of the garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If they found it strange that the Argo II was populated by half-asleep kids in armor and pajamas and a man with goat legs, they didn’t let on. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He returned a few seconds later carrying a goat with its legs tied. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “What if she doesn’t tell these people her real name? She’ll tell them she’s the daughter of a simple farmer or goat herder, or something else.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “If we hadn't come back down here,” Rick said, “if we’d stayed up on the roof, with the goat, we wouldn't have gotten this call.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The old satyr clapped his hands, and a bunch of nymphs melted out of the trees with platters of vegetables, fruits, tin cans, and other goat delicacies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We went by the bald eagle, the white-tailed deer, the tahr goats, the lions, and the striped hyena. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z All he cared about were his goats and sheep with painted red or blue bottoms so he could find them if they got mixed up with other animals. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And that voice was now telling us we’d be less of a burden to ourselves and others if we let him buy Rachel off our hands for some goats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat walked around the shed once, then jumped through the glass panes in the upper half of the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Once upon a time there were three billy goats who lived near a bridge. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I float here and there and far up in the mountains where the goats are clos- ing their eyes and leaning against each other. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Get out of the way, man!” he shouted at a goat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Yoruba goat from the bush with two children from two different men. I hear she is old and ugly.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The goat had lain on its side, legs bound, its sides heaving up and down like a bellows, breath whistling through its nostrils as it sucked its last air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I got mad, then—mad at my mother, at Grover the goat, at the thing with horns that was lumbering toward us slowly and deliberately like, like a bull. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had come only once before, when he took the goat and the cat back to Laguna and stopped to see if Tayo needed anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The fragrance of wilted jasmine flowers mingled with the smell of goat droppings and every other bad smell imaginable. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He had found the first pair of goats for Harry and had provided the first chickens. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I ran up the goat path until I caught sight of two dark shadows ahead of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Africa’s sheep and goats were domesticated in Southwest Asia, its chickens in Southeast Asia, its horses in southern Russia, and its camels probably in Arabia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a bad chaperone, but he was definitely the most warlike old goat Piper had ever met. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One of the old people remembered seeing the water rising and suddenly realizing that his house and goats would soon be underwater; he picked up a child and a goat and scrambled up the hill. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Among them were two nanny goats with swollen udders. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sound of bleating and over at the far side of the enclosure there were some goats. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Eurasia’s native cows, sheep, goats, horses, and pigs were among the world’s few large wild animal species to pass all those tests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two goats munched at the edges of a small vegetable patch. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When she sells her goat cheeses at the Hob, she puts two of them aside for him and he gives her a generous amount of bread in return. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But I don’t like the goat because the bones are too small and you could be eating a dog or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I am never seeing other angels, not even when I float north and visit the goats. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He described him as a cross between a billy goat and a female heretic, an infernal beast whose breath scorched the air and whose look brought on the birth of monsters in newlywed women. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Misha pushed the goat away idly and lifted up the bucket out of their reach. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Now, when the rhinos bathed, the goats stood around the muddy pool, and when the goats ate in their comer, Peak and Summit stood next to them like guards. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When Peeta wakes me later, the first thing I register is the smell of goat cheese. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “But actually the child doesn’t seem to need much help. She’s just hungry for more to read. Poor little mite. I keep hoping the goat’s milk will put a little fat on her bones.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Children sent out to herd goats were snapped up by evil traders, loaded onto camels and taken to far cities where they suffered horribly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “And for heaven’s sake, Joana, find your own goat,” Poet chimed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z You could get the magnet to start working again by smearing it with goat’s blood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The goat must die for us to eat at the picnic. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have to be. I wanna be one of the goats one day.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z His green rasta cap hung from one of his little goat horns, and his fake feet had been knocked off his hooves. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I lay the tree sideways, wait for the goat to be in better range, then shove. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she could say anything, Misha lost his patience with the goats swarming him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I assume you mean ‘kid’ as in ‘goat,’” Rowan said, “and not ‘kid’ as in ‘kid.’ Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Her goat’s white horned head peeked out from around the side of the booth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Question Quigley says he ran away from home and spent half the night in a ditch with four goats. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "We make a goat cheese and apple tart at the bakery," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We owned our own ploughing bullocks; we kept a milch goat. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the village, the pungent smells of goat stew and peanut soup, along with waves of papaya and honeysuckle that wafted through the air, made Amari feel hungry as well as excited. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of slaves still toiled on vast estates in the hills, growing wheat and olives, herding sheep and goats, and mining salt and copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A third man came up now: Philoxtios the cattle foreman, with an ox behind him and fat goats for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed at the back of the cart, where stoneware bottles rested in hay that a few of the goats nibbled on. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A trio of goats stood idly by the open doorway, chewing on hay with their eyes half-closed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He stooped down and gave the goat a light pat on its head; it was a surprisingly sad gesture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They were dragging goats, carrying yams and boxes on their heads, chickens and rolled-up mats under their arms, kerosene lamps in their hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He spent long minutes checking through the basin to make sure the goat was complete: the legs, the head, the balls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Probably back inside the barn to spend time with the other goats. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “The Termite is the one he wants to buy, Mama Price. All those goats, and you won’t have to feed her anymore.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after Thanksgiving they had all gone to Jackson Heights, to the halal butcher so that both their mothers could stock up on goat meat, and then to brunch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The smaller of them was carrying two plastic bags filled to bursting; the other was hauling the goats off the loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I could still choke on the memory of goat meat if I thought about it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “She got a beard, your granny. She’s a goat, all right.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Duny laughed and shouted it out again, the rhyme that gave him power over the goats. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The advance of cattle, sheep, and goats halted for 2,000 years at the northern edge of the Serengeti Plains, while new types of human economies and livestock breeds were being developed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He enlists the aid of the sacred ota stone, as well as the shrunken head of a doll, a ball of powdered eggshell, and the eggun, a vertebra from the spine of a goat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Once the goat was a bad memory in our past, that would be the real revolution we would have to fight: forgiving each other for what we had all let come to pass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember the outlines of garden beds not yet planted for the spring, a goat or two in a pen, one sodden dog tied to a post, hunched defeated in the muck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I am not going to sleep in the woods at night. I’m not a goat,” Delia retorted. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Stella Armijo boarded up the shed door, caught and reimprisoned the goat, strung two barbed wire strands above the chicken wire, and released the goat again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Or to get something I really want, like a pet goat or a pair of shoes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The poor kid—poor goat, satyr, whatever—looked as if he expected to be hit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now that the school was a refugee camp, now that his wife had died, he was going into the interior with his goats and his children. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “He would jump on top of me, moan oh-oh-oh like a goat, and that was it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He says that there is a car behind one of the doors and there are goats behind the other two doors. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But Marly couldn’t help being rather glad when Harry said he had to hurry home to milk his goats and feed his chickens and geese, because Mother really looked a little sick. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I dive into the goat room and slam the door, leaning against it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We sent out free goat cheese croquets with fresh fig jam to every person who came in to eat. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Later that day I found Edmond in the lower barn feeding the animals and I played with Ding while he milked the goats. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been left stranded in the forest—this very forest—when one day a herd of long-horned goats wandered into their camp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “She was a white woman—a gwai poh—dressed in blue silk, with a strange cloak like the skin of a goat.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A small, bedraggled boy was coming up the hill toward us with a small herd of goats following behind him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A minute later, some goats shuffled out reluctantly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I awaken with a start and imagine I hear the goat still picking at the cliffwall, climbing to the mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats followed, a white rush of little hooves and horns. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Outside the window the rain pours down on all the drenched, dark goats and bicycles and children, and I stand here appraising the end of the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Good sense stopped me from saying it, but the man smelt worst than something warm that dropped out the south end of a sick northbound goat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z But they had left by the time she got there, and that is why even to this day we see leopards searching for goats. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “They were jerks, but those goat guys were pretty funny.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t, and then one of the goats bleated. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There is a yard noisy with chickens and one goat which chews everything including our clothing if we stand too close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I heard the truck and turned to see it chugging up the dusty goat path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every sheep and goat had its wobbly twins. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he could buy her some bread and goat cheese. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “An old man we met on the road, is all. He was driving an old nanny goat and four kids.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I hoped that Polyphemus did not also keep carnivorous mountain goats. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The cattle went about the business of feeding, while a few goats milled among them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They had cheese and milk from the goats that shared the caves with the singers, even some oats and barleycorn and dried fruit laid by during the long summer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He’s searching my face with his kind billy goat eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The puddle reflects A blue skv, some clouds, And the goat’s tongue Darting in and out. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they had lost their homes, the peasants tried to console themselves, but at least they had their goats and their black, low-slung Creole pigs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Then he went outside, to pens where the animals were kept, and he came back into the wedding feast leading a large, extremely irritated billy goat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z An hour later the horses had been rubbed down and fed, the fire was crackling away merrily, and a haunch of a young goat was turning above the flames, spitting and hissing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Why should we pay when we can take what we wish? But you may have the money. One little goat was all we asked for. We are pleased to have three.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Two goats and a few chickens sauntered around, nibbling and pecking at drying stems of grass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Hungarian Horntail feeds on goats, sheep and, whenever possible, humans. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here’s just one example. In Bulawayo, a Gondwannan bought a goat. . . .” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Clumps of children stonethrowing outflowing rush upon terrified small goats, scattering them across the road so that the goats may tiptoe back and be chased again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This is where I really got the money for the goat, but I tell Peeta I sold an old silver locket of my mother's. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If goats could be brought to live amicably with rhinoceros, why not orangutans with hyenas? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Aye, teach me that name!” he said, being clear over the fright the goats had given him, and puffed up with her praise of his cleverness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He’d almost drowned last summer in the Sea of Monsters, and he couldn’t swim very well with his goat hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Getting out his creased Sidney's, Rick looked up the listings on goats, black Nubian. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Finn took a carrot out of his pocket, giving half to the horse and half to the goat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z My dad has a goat skin with all the family tree on it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He dodged around a herd of goats, using his horn liberally. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we arrived at Teresita’s house, towing the bleating goat by a mecate, an old rope, tied in a sailor’s knot around its neck, the sun was completely out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Very nice, Baby. Maybe it will still be standing tomorrow, if the goats don’t come in the yard in the morning. Now, time for a bath.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The forester now led him to his hut and made a couch for him, with tips of fir piled for a mattress under a wild goat skin, shaggy and thick, his own bed covering. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In years subsequent, when he was in the mood to terrorize me, he would whisper to me, “Just wait till we’re alone. You’re the next goat!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He chattered, a cross between his dainty meow and a goat’s bleat, usually reserved for when he’s spotted a bird through the sliding glass door. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She could not imagine a way that you could escape a goat house. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z No matter what Dobrynya said, there was no way Håkon was on the same level as a dog, or one of the goats, or a fish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And the more they got my goat, the worse things they said, especially about Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the back yard With three red Chickens, the goat With a tin can For a bell drinks From a rain puddle. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Introduced cattle and goats, kept in small numbers, suffer from tropical diseases, just as do European people themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The goat ran off and made her way out the open door, bleating happily the whole way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Thor tied the goats to a tree, and the two made their way inside. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z We slept in goat- hair tents that protected us from the harsh conditions in the vast wasteland. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “Here’s the goats. Get rid of them too!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I might have to stay there by the Shannon or find a door or I might have to go back out the country and find a ditch like Brendan Quigley with four goats. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a joint of smoked goat and he was soon gnawing at it—not very hungrily because he was still fairly full of quail. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In those days, the ironbam did not work mines; that was labor for the captives brought back from the hostings, and so too the sorry business of farming and tending goats and sheep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Outside, Roza stood with the mare, brushing her coat and murmuring to her as the goat tottered around them both. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Anyway, in my dream, Grover was hauling goat tail, holding his human shoes in his hands the way he does when he needs to move fast. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I see the goat mother made a few coins selling her information,” said Eva. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He’d spent the last five years building up the flock of tangly-haired sheep again, and he and Piper had goats, a small herd of cows, pigs, two riding horses, a pony, and chickens. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Marly—guess what? I’m going to take two goats home for the winter!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The cows mooed, the sheep maaed, the goat ehehed, the birds twittered in the trees, and the beep beep of a motor car cut through everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “In my next life, I’m coming back as a mountain goat.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Like a goat or a bunch of clothes. It wasn’t like there was a set thing you had to trade to get a pig, man. That’s ignorant.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Oho,” she laughed, “these mountain goats have cloaked themselves in pine boughs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ahead of him he could see a little farmhouse sheltered among vines, where a goat bleated and a spring trickled down through the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The santero leads the goat over the offerings and quickly pierces its neck with a butcher knife, directing the stream of blood onto the clay eggs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stayed no longer, but took his heartache home, and found the robust suitors there at work, skinning goats and roasting pigs in the courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He sounded polite and special, the way he spoke, not wild in the least, in spite of the wild goat smell all around him. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “For the sisters. I used to clean and look after the chickens and the goats.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Loki and Thor clambered into Thor’s chariot, and the goats who pulled it, Snarler and Grinder, leapt into the skies, eager to be off. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Behind me was a Mormon temple, and Kamikaze, Luke’s old goat, long dead. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We couldn’t let a goat go for that,” the salesman protested. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He jerked his head at the other goats below and when I waved at him he bounded down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z And she searched her many pockets to find a bottle of goats milk, ready and waiting for a hungry belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Nothing as strange, however, as the day that two visitors from Asgard, Loki and Thor, arrived at their farm in a chariot pulled by two huge goats, whom Thor called Snarler and Grinder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z So Askar had all the latest village gossip, and helped Baba Haji pen the goats and carry the pomegranate bushels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ivan ran in circles around the barn, yelling, while the goats chased him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There were three little half-grown goats, and it was nice and comical to see how much they loved Harry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But when we landed, we found that the goats were totally wild and we couldn’t get near them. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I speak of moving swiftly, and you waste my time with goat tracks?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Well, don’t stand there blocking the door. Get out of the way,’ said the farmer, but the goat didn’t answer. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside I was greeted by Luke’s goat, Kamikaze, who nibbled my shirt as I walked to the barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They seemed to trust the darkness and moved up and down the glistening stone steps as surefooted as young goats. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘My pack will be delighted to have goat meat for dinner.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Before she had a chance to absorb it all, a man dragged her to what looked like a goat pen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Gale spreads the bread slices with the soft goat cheese, carefully placing a basil leaf on each while I strip the bushes of their berries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I was traded in for the price of six goats and a cow for my eldest sister's wedding. My parents promised they'd come back to get me as soon as they repaid him.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Our people say that the chorus sounds like mmee-mmee-mmee, the bleating of a goat.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The demon ladies were picking their way down the cliff, jumping from ledge to ledge like mountain goats. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And when he loved the goats too much, he gave them up for sheep. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I bought a black Nubian goat,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z People killed the last few they had—goats, chickens, or dogs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The new goat, he’d be running headfirst into every fence post. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Cows under the trees whisked their tails; goats and ducks followed the children here and there; and the chickens scratched in the dirt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As a stopgap measure, while he searched for a female, Father thought of seeing if Peak couldn’t be accustomed to living with goats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He grunts and ruts like a billy goat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He butts his head against the wall like a goat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat didn’t even have the decency to run away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Without silkworms to tend or mulberry trees to pick, without neighbors to gossip with or goats to milk, my grandmother filled her time with food. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He fired as the tiger was about to fell the goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Norton nodded slowly and with a return of courage said, “If you don’t give me a little more information about that old goat, maybe Dennis and me will pay a little visit over there ourselves.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Dad pointed to the closed half-high door on the other side of the garage which years ago led to an outside pen for goats and sheep. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dyedka patted the goat he was done milking on her rump, and she walked away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z By time I was seven, he let me make deliveries for him in my goat cart. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I then took the goat’s droppings and teased them with my fingers until they were nicely shredded. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z From each hook hung a carcass: skinned deer and elk, sides of beef, huge sows swinging from the ceiling, headless sheep and goats, even horse and bear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He relaxed now that the goats were loose and the yellow cat had her milk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I pushed through the crowd of sheep and goats toward die bade of the cave. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Alan calls out to a startled herd of goats grazing along its banks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “No, no, you must never underestimate the psychological importance of such things. We never ask them to eat the goat instead.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Several domestic animals yielded animal fibers—especially wool from sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas, and silk from silkworms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The goat seemed surprised to see visitors this late, but she relaxed at Rupa’s familiar touch. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Only certain animals, including cows, sheep, goats, and bison, can make a meal out of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “He’s told me about eight hundred times. Which seems kind of young to be milking goats.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “As for you,” Finn said to the goat, who had eaten his apple in one gulp, “you are what you do. You are Chew.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t even wear jeans, since he had furry goat legs from the waist down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Peak and the herd of goats became inseparable, even when Summit arrived. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The children welcomed it, because the air was very cold now, and then came something even better: a haunch of something that might have been goat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For years this schizoid beast pranced around the goat pen eagerly mounting any female in sight while at the same time it was being mounted by the billys. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try ziberry next time. It doesn’t smell like goat dung, at least.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The dog had never seen such a brazen goat, and it backed away, bewildered. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At one stall, flies swarmed up from an open gutter onto the skinned carcasses of goats. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The wearer of the boots stood by the goats, and the goats sniffed at her skirts in a fawning sort of way that Sister Ignatia found utterly unattractive. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hedge danced through the tentacles with his nimble goat hooves, smashing away with gusto. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I am only feeling floaty when I am swishing up into the mountains to see the goats. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Other coins had ships stamped onto them, or elephants, or goats. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The satyrs are goat men and the centaurs are half man, half horse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her goats were tethered to a thorn bush, which they chewed without enthusiasm. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Taking up a jug each, with a small basket of fresh loaves and some goat cheese, they set off, with Cornflower in the lead carrying a lantern. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Brevis expected the billy goat to bolt for the woods or down one of the roads, but it stayed where it was, as if frozen into position. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z As though delighted to have their attention, the goat bleated again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There Dionysus gave them food and drink: herbs and berries and the milk of the wild goat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Familiar women were back to their stalls selling fruits and vegetables; I even recognized the families of goats crossing our path. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z People took sides in the argument, but I took the goat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Today I would take the goat path and trek into town for years and years of schooling. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were careless of me, leaving me to roam freely like a pet goat I had no one to mend my torn clothes or to lengthen my skirts as I grew. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He wasn’t a mountain goat, but he found a set of stairs at the back of the temple and raced to the top. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Everyone agreed that this would be a good test, and that night a goat was tethered outside the son-in-law’s hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Tyr and Thor climbed into Thor's chariot, pulled by the goats Snarler and Grinder, and swiftly they traveled to Hymir's enormous fortress. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There could be no need to resort to goat’s blood to soften the diamond. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Their leader came on alone, riding a beast that seemed more goat than horse, from the surefooted way it climbed the uneven slope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were vegetable gardens, cattle and goat pens, and fields of lucerne for the animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat, With pipe hanging From his mouth, Runs around the yard, Through the patch Of chiles and tomatoes, The purple of Eggplants. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he was steady, she unhooked the goats that pulled Dyedka around. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She had fed the goats and the chickens, and gathered the milkand the eggs, and thanked the animals for their time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I saw your brothers near the goat pen, Wild Child. Tell them I’ll make a rug out of them if they get any ideas.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Dr. Hueper, horses, cows, goats, and pigs, which of course fed on this vegetation, showed loss of hair and thickening of the skin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She reached the goat as the house door flew open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He liked Lindsey Lee Wells, but sometimes it felt like she was trying to get his goat. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Almost at once the number of egg masses deposited on experimental goats began to decrease, as did their fertility. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “We had to sell our goat,” I said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Since we had no idea what we would encounter, he was dressed as a human, with the cap to hide his horns, and jeans, fake feet, and sneakers to hide his goat legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But then, so did the goats and chickens. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The trick was telling one from the other, parting the sheep from the goats. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They learn responsibility through taking care of goats and cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Rachel’s opinion of goat meat notwithstanding, we could sure use a good old feast, because how else were we going to eat now? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Every goat in the herd turned to look at the magistrate. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He was Hermes’ son; a noisy, merry god, the Homeric Hymn in his honor calls him; but he was part animal too, with a goat’s horns, and goat’s hoofs instead of feet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Villagers ran from their houses to swear at the goats and laugh at the boy. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The same danger exists for wild animals belonging to the group of ruminants, such as deer, antelope, sheep, and goats. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Only male goats. I read it in the book of instructions that came with it.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You love the goat more than me. More than you love your wife, probably. First the goat, then your wife, then last of all—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When we had eaten, and fed the leaves to the goats, and washed, Puli to my surprise lay down beside us. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally I sighted a handful of scrawny cattle, goats and pigs grazing on stubbles of dry brush. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the goat was the body of a young man, his face as dull in death as it must have been in life. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Tufts of goat hair floated through the air and collected under the furniture in clumps. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z According to one story she was a goat on whose milk the infant Zeus was fed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And he saw the adversary stealing the fruits of his master’s fields and paddocks, carrying off chickens and leading goats by ropes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Dear everyone: Written on my heart, all that I lost—my shoes, a donkey friend, a city, the skin of my feet, a goat, my home, my childhood—shattered at the hands of history. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z They led me over the goat path, across the bridge, to the house of the sinful women. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran ahead of him to the goat pen and shoved her head under his left arm when he knelt down to milk the black goat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “The stew. It’s goat meat with spinach and lentils. It was a recipe of my mother’s.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She cared for the goats and cared for the chickens and cared for her grandmother and her dragon and her swamp monster. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You were off being a little goat pellet. But your mother heard this and started sobbing. She almost fell, but we caught her. And the guard said, ‘Go, go find your son.’ Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He reached over and scratched the goat on top of his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z At twilight the earth was darker than the sky, and it was difficult to see if any of Romero’s sheep or goats were grazing along the edge of the pavement. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There's an old man who keeps a small herd of goats on the other side of the Seam. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The strong evening odors of green things and living things were in his distended nostrils, drawing him toward them more powerfully than the smell of goat or wine. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I say automatically, and then I have to float off and up into the mountains and be with the goats and find my head and the words again. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z A goat was tied to a stake on the rivers bank. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It had only one head, and it didn’t seem to be interested in the goats at all. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The goat then trotted into Herbie’s yard and ate a copy of Portnoy’s Complaint, which the volunteer had carelessly left on his front stoop during a foray into town for baloney, beer, and cheese. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like, Elysium, for instance ...” “Come on, goat boy.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I remember a goat. A goat with a crinkly mane,” said a boy. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She walked slowly now and grew big like our goat. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She had that nice grandpa and her friend with all those goats. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know what you mean,” he said as Deborah and Theresa passed us by like two wild goats. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat, not knowing Better, grabs the pipe From Senor Leal’s hand. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z So no straw taken from the goats as a temporary sechach. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Frank watched the tuft of goat hair settle on top of a basketball. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The goat gives milk, the sheep gives wool, the cow gives everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Back in the kitchen she sets out some olives and some goat cheese coated with ash. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Tsetse flies carried a sickness that killed cattle, horses, pigs, goats, and donkeys. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had said that my father was allergic to pet hair, which was why I couldn't have a dog or a cat or even a pygmy goat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Another goat stepped in front of him and bleated, ready to be milked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Gimli started and then stood still as stone, staring, while the old man sprang up the rough steps as nimbly as a goat. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "My mother told me I was to take the goat to the market," he said, "and to sell him for a hen, and some corn, and some turnips, and to bring her home the change." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s colder than a billy goat’s butt today,” Tony said, slapping his palms together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “A stone taken from the stomach of a goat, which will protect from most poisons.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead, it sounded like the voice of a troll who was standing under a bridge hoping that an unsuspecting billy goat would walk by. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z It was the queerest thing, but Marly actually got so excited about the goats and chickens that she forgot about telling Joe what she had come to tell. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He put the goats in the huge stewpot that hung above the fire, while Roskva and her mother cut up their winter stores of vegetables and dropped them into the stewpot. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Finn smelled cake and apple pie, and his stomach turned him in the direction of the refreshment stand, the goat trailing behind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Only once the tiger had quenched her thirst did she turn to the goat to satisfy her hunger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One tribe even tricked us by first trading goats to us for some empty cooking oil cans we had, then sneaking up on us to steal their goats back. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he stood up and made off with his goats, Boots was free—freer than he had ever been since he played at his brother’s side in his native jungle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Every time the goat screamed or Loki wailed like a child in pain, her smile became a little wider. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She reached in and pulled out a goat, a crocodile, a pigeon, a snake, an owl, and a peacock. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If the car hadn’t been adulterated for the mysterious and missing goats, it would hold thirty-two horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z You probably raise goats or sheep, and the kind of culture that grows up around being a herdsman is very different from the culture that grows up around growing crops. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He had whole conversations with birds and fireflies, goats and horses. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When we walked away from her house and started to climb the hill with the goat in tow, we dared to turn around and look back at it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The horn and hoof showdown was less a showdown than a show: steers and heifers, sheep and goats, even dogs and cats displayed and judged in tents around the fairgrounds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lonogan favored the goat with a frown, then turned back to Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Man,” he mutters, not really to anybody, “what an old goat.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then he took his knife and killed both his goats. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The goat screamed, feeling its beard tugged painfully, and it jerked back. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “You are welcome to our feast. Today we have killed a goat to celebrate your coming. Soon your bellies will be full with our fufu pili-pili.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Interesting. I heard the Greeks actually trusted their goat men.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Olanna thought about Chief Okonji and wondered if he too was said to have bleated like a goat before he died. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They kept to themselves as much as possible, gardening, raising chickens and pigs and goats and even some sheep, only going down the slope to the village out of necessity. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He yelled the rhyme aloud, and the goats came to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, so the gate wouldn’t creak, she opened the goat pen and stroked the mother goat’s back. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “What are the monthly payments on the goat?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Money? Do you see any money? The goats are in a patch of grass over the dune somewhere. The people sleep right here. They eat right here. Their lives are extremely simple.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The boy nodded and thrust out the hand which held the billy goat's rope halter. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she touched one finger to the goat's forehead, between its yellow eyes, and let go of the rope. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a broken spear in his belly, and his furry goat legs were twisted at a painful angle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” he answered as I followed his long strides up the goat path, “just the way you turn and wave goodbye to Grande and mama—beats all.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a billy goat. They’re stubborn sometimes. But I’m a bigger mule than he is. Have as much water as you like. We can refill it on the way, when we get to ojito verde.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Somewhere off in the desert behind Lita’s house, a coyote howls, calling for its friends.As if on cue, the chickens cluck, and one of her fainting goats bleats. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He put the broken bone down on the goat skin and covered it with undamaged bones, so nobody would know. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He rearranged the goat hides under the blankets and rolled over on his back. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "The goat has paid for itself. Several times over," I say in a superior tone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Would I ever race like a kid again, a wild cabrito rattling the pebbles on the goat path; and would I ever wrestle the crazy Horse and wild Bones again? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A sinkhole that could swallow a herd of goats and still groan for more. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The sun stays longer each day now, climbing mechanical as a goat off the leaden horizon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She cast bubbles around Fyrian, and bubbles around the goats and bubbles around each chicken and a very large bubble around the house, lest she accidentally allow their home to burst into flames. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As proof they passed around a photo of Bekhir’s uncle riding a goat- pulled wagon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I watch a great horned goat ascend the rocks toward my mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was most likely the chickens and the goats getting into a turf war again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Babu placed the goat on the floor; its flanks were heaving violently, its tongue hung from its mouth, and its eyes were spinning orbs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes Baby went across to visit her and run after the goats that wandered in her courtyard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Thor and Tyr left the castle together, untethered Thor’s goats, and climbed into Thor’s chariot. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Misha pushed the goat’s nose, then swatted one on the rump. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I turned and got tackled by Grover’s bear hug—or goat hug. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z "Now there's a weasel clever as a goat!" the fool tittered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Is your hair turning the color of the old gray goat? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You came over just to give me a package of dead goat?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Whole roasted cows and pigs and goats still turning on spits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They make nice chicken, which is the best thing they make, and also a pretty good curried goat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Who have you been calling every night, you old goat?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If it didn’t, it would only cost a few goats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Loki irritated the goat even more by tying a strong rope tightly around its beard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z "Take your bloody broth, then, but if the goat asks why it tastes so thin, you tell him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Adults carried babies and goats; children carried pots of food and dogs and younger brothers and sisters, the whole village of Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do I let you drunks sit on my porch? You better off with the goats.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have been less alarmed if Harrison had cooked with the orange itself, but to cook with the peels was like choosing the hairy skin of a goat rather than the meat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The young men, afterward, hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master’s absence. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” Josiah said, “last time there was a drought, we had to sell everything, even the sheep and goats.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And the goat’s eyes Are spinning from The dizzy breath Of man’s bad habit. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Basel, Muhammad, and I were speechless until the baby goat made its first tiny bleat. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z There was more shoving at the gate, as men and goats and bullocks jostled each other out of the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh,” Doctor Snow says, “we’re just figuring some things out, is all. It’ll all be right soon enough. You just run on back home, make sure the goat’s okay.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z That got Miss Love’s goat, I could tell. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She tasted the goats’ blood and spit it toward the ceiling, then she sampled the blood of many more creatures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the goat room is jammed tight, I head for the other end of the car, where Silver Star used to reside, and slump down against the slatted wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Enrique smells excrement from goats and his fellow campers, whose bathroom is the surrounding grass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She grew until she was a shining, seven-foot-tall goddess in a blue dress, with a cloak that looked like goat’s skin over her shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Gram saying, “Now, that was the goat’s toe,” after a satisfying supper. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His eyes were clear and cold, like a goat’s. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Course, with his mum and dad gone you’d have felt sorry for him, only he kept chucking goat dung at my head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The witch-woman cracked her whip, and her cart jolted off down the muddy road, drawn by a matched pair of horned white billy goats. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z And a goat came near and sniffed at him and stared with its cold yellow eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “She leaps about like a goat. How unseemly! It would be better to put bells on her feet and have her dance at a country festival.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He twisted the bottom of his T-shirt, shifting nervously on his goat hooves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z When this happened, they would travel farther north and ask for help from Chief Mwase, who always assisted them with maize and goats. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The goats were milling behind the ash pile that had been the house, bleating every now and then, like they were confused. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The goat battered a Clock Watcher that made a swiping grab at Otto. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There’s probably a goat hanging around—there’s always a goat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She gave him a bottle of whisky and some money to buy a goat for the oracle. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One afternoon, the commander’s jeep drove in with a sickly goat lying on its side, legs tied together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He patted the goat nibbling on his pants, then perked his head up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z We knew without anyone having to say it that this was the lost herd of peculiar goats Addison had talked about. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And she goes on, “When should . . and “What time will . . and myself is woozy sleepy and I want to go lie down in the pasture of the goats. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z It’s not easy to kill a mountain goat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat lagged behind to nibble sprouts of new grass before tossing her head and bounding after him to catch up again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You can cast witchcraft out into a goat—or as many goats as you need. I want you to cure my elder wife.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The goats were bellyaching as well, bleating loud enough to compete with the chickens. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The last course was goat cheese served with baked apples. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He piled his presents on a table and displayed them for no fewer than three days, the silly old goat! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even the goat fur on his legs was frosted with gray. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The next morning, the father and the son went to the hut and saw that only the bones of the goat were left. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He had struck at the “snake” only because he was afraid it might kill one of his goats. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Ugwu dreamed that the commander had given half of the goat to the soldiers and that they had chewed everything and swallowed the bones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was nice to talk to someone who wasn’t her immediate family, or a goat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She turned around and tugged Zvezda with her, and the goat followed without a fight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Herd of goats,” he said, clearing his throat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z From further down the road came the drumming beats of something that might have been the hooves of goats, racing on into the night. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The little white goat flicked his tail and stared at her, then bleated again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Boyle never discussed garlic and magnets, but he did address the old belief that it was impossible to crush a diamond unless it had first been softened in goat’s blood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Right, sign of the goat, and so on—you get the idea. Your sign depends on your birthday.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Rooba looked me up and down then frowned at the goat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was filled with men and boys milling around like nervous cattle herded into a goat pen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They were saddened by the thought that these happy children of Goat would no longer be jumping up and down in the grass and singing their goat songs that they all so liked to hear. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It is the business of goats to climb. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes are like those of a goat, brown with a horizontal line of black just at the center. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But if he let it get his goat now that would be even less his style, and so he forced it to the back of his mind and had some more coffee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead we drink milk from Prim's goat, Lady, and eat the rough bread made from the tessera grain, although no one has much appetite anyway. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Herders roped off alleys to pen their goats, which stared out of the dimness with rectangular pupils. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It didn’t get sick. Someone”—Iran cleared her throat and went on huskily—“someone came here, got the goat out of its cage, and dragged it to the edge of the roof.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The only math she’d need there would be for counting goats and rows of tomato plants. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Kit often shivered, alone in that cabin with the wind howling outside and no one to speak to for weeks on end but the cat and the goats. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Just like killing a goat, Nailer thought inanely. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama had gone to bed, and Dyedka carved at the end of his walking stick with a knife, forming a goat’s head out of the knobby top. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I can find another wet nurse. If there’s none amongst the wildlings, I will send to the mountain clans. Until such time, goat’s milk should suffice for the boy, if it please Your Grace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She would arrive at any hour of the day, like a flock of goats, and would unleash her feverish energy in the hardest tasks. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Some of the pots were big enough to fit a whole goat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Without looking up, I say, “Mom told you to stop chewing gum like a goat. The whole room is not supposed to hear you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z There was a goat, too, with very long horns and deep black eyes; an orphan from a herd of peculiar goats who once roamed the forest below. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I had a piece of that brown Norwegian goats' milk cheese known as gjetost which I had loved even when I was a boy. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He had six goats and five hives of bees and a flock of chickens and a herd of geese and a pair of cardinals that stayed near his house the whole year around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Everything possible was carved with designs, even the stanchions where the goats put their heads and the stalls in the little barn. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z After we left an island, there were always fewer chickens and goats and pigs than thered been when we Indians got there. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Wizened old women bent like hunchbacks sold flavored waters and goat's milk from glazed ceramic jugs strapped to their shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Soon the farmer came out. ‘Good morning, my fine nanny goat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The curly goat hides and the blankets were gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Beside them, there was a loud, woeful bleating that made them both jump, and Koffi looked down at the goat staring indignantly back up at them with large brown eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When Kinko emerges from the goat room, his eyes crinkle in momentary alarm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After the war, the army gave back the Gypsies’ horses, and the goats, no longer needed, disappeared again into the forest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He gave up, tossed the rest of the brownie to the goat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Senor Leal feeds His goat, and Then lights his pipe. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Papá Feliciano, Amá’s dead father, is standing behind me holding a dead goat in his hands, its head hanging from its neck by a long, thin nerve. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was one of those women Vatete meant who wasn’t even worth a mangy goat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover talked to the animals in a series of goat bleats, but they just stared at him sadly. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Next came old Ab Pulliam in his goat cart, the pants of his gray uniform folded under his thigh stubs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Wheels on a goat. Or on a chicken, or a wife. My father’s idea of what will make things work better doesn’t fit anything here.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The caracal was half again as large—the height of a goat—and was a much bolder creature. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats to be sacrificed were marched in one by one, arrayed in silks and gold braids. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They clambered up the paths that the mountain sheep and goats made, and then they scrambled up rocks until they were high in the mountain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The helm that hung from his saddle horn was black steel, fashioned in the shape of a goat's head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In her white lacy bra and light blue underwear, she looked like a Hausa goat: brown, long and lean. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In that period, Saharans began to tend cattle and make pottery, then to keep sheep and goats, and they may also have been starting to domesticate sorghum and millet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The mother goat turned around and licked her baby clean. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z This much is for sure, nobody was pounding on drums or stewing up a goat for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “They told us to run to the army barracks. Those madmen were chasing us like runaway goats, but once we entered the gates of the barracks we were safe.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And then he was inside, with all the goats stampeding behind him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His men were everywhere, conspicuous in their striped goat's hair sashes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They described the roar of rocks sliding down hills and everyone running out of their houses reciting the Holy Quran, the screams as roofs crashed down and the howls of buffalo and goats. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Before anyone replies, he’s off the highway, climbing the scrubby shale like a skinny goat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “He had the strangest eyes, the golden man. They put me in mind of a goat’s eyes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She found room for the last little goat’s cheese wrapped in its vine leaf, smiled and bowed again, and took a last drink from the spring that bubbled up among the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I ran after him and followed him down the goat path, trying to step in his footsteps where he broke the snow. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Holy goats,” Valley said, mouth agape as she stared at the blades. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And when at the end of three days his father finally went out and bought a goat, Adam drank the milk greedily, vomited, drank more, and was on his way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They had to watch the goats and chickens more closely, but other than the gloomy, dark days, winter wasn’t terrible. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Supper was a plate of roasted goat served on a bed of sliced onions. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the back, workers tended to giant barbecue and kanyenya stands loaded with delicious goat and beef. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She kept fussing with his clothes, straightening his rasta cap and brushing goat fur off his shirt. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We would hear their caravans approaching our neighborhood, the mewling of their sheep, the baaing of their goats, the jingle of bells around their camels’ necks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she has called Vinny a goat, a pig, and a rooster. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z So Pancho locked the goat in the shed next door to the henhouse, which was also surrounded by the chicken pen’s wire fence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It had the head of a lion with a blood-caked mane, the body and hooves of a giant goat, and a serpent for a tail, a ten-foot-long diamondback growing right out of its shaggy behind. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m actually a highly sought after director on this circuit. I specialize in goat sacrifices and masterful film school angles of aunties with muffin tops.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z If I had more time, I would shape little goats from the dough, and children and cows and houses and potato fields. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had killed you last night, my goat would be alive now. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well, we don’t use this field for anything, really. The goats graze in it, I guess. But that’s all. We could build a house here.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She walked to the cage, peered in; then she circled around it, viewing the goat from every angle. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I helped him construct a sturdy stick barricade around the periphery so the jungle animals and village goats would not come in and wreck our tender vegetables when they came. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had noticed a big black goat standing squarely in the center of its cage; he moved that way and the salesman accompanied him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She was careful to keep the hole itself blocked so he wouldn’t notice it as she hooked his billy goats into their traces. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Apparently, while a kicking goat was permissible, a pooping one was a problem. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I lowered the toilet lid and plopped down on it, upset at the idea of smelling like a billy goat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z In contrast, four species of big mammals—the goat, sheep, pig, and cow—were domesticated very early in the Fertile Crescent, possibly earlier than any other animal except the dog anywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I told the goat that we were going to name her baby Zuraiq. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “The girls will not go to school today,” she said to Ultima, “what’s one day. Deborah, Theresa!” she called up the stairs, “stay in bed! The snow has covered the goat path!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat can’t baa, Because his lips Are gripping the pipe — A funny sight for The chickens, Who stay clear. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of us code talkers had been able to catch a goat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, they shared the shed with the goat. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “His lordship slew him for calling him Lord Snow. The goats were good, though. We milked the mother and roasted up the kids.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z These goats have to be pure white or pure black—no markings. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Get your furry goat behind out here and bring some heavily armed friends! The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The animal salesman said, “The distinct advantage of a goat is that it can be taught to butt anyone who tries to steal it.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She let it boil and boil, and it drove some of the goat smell out of the house. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not being a bear or a goat,” Em said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It was an excellent deal if the goat lived; I'd been robbed if she died. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Shaking, I press my face into Cheetah’s fur, breathing in her sweet-sour goat smell, wrapping my arms tightly around her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Walter, I need to talk to you,” I say, bursting into the goat room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I barely have any breakfast, just some wild rice pudding made with goat’s milk and maple syrup Mr. Grote tapped the day before. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “But the bounty money. We need it or they'll repossess the goat!” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z "Kill the other and seize the halfman. He can milk the goats and make the mothers laugh." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They had been dying of disease and starvation, and the few goats they kept had been dying as well. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence those antelope cannot be maintained in crowded enclosures in captivity, as can sheep or goats or cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Beetle was too excited to eat along the way, so she gave her bread and onion to a hungry goat that then followed her near all the way to Gobnet. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it doesn’t matter. I’m still glad you got the goat; I love the goat. But it’s such an economic burden.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z One of Jabir’s odd jobs at the Night Zoo was to deliver a Zamani goat to the temple every week for ritual sacrifice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For larger animals, our community would employ the help of a shochet, who would kill the goat or cow and prepare it according to our laws. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He offers me the limp goat in his arms. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Anya said, then admitted sheepishly, “I just wanted to pet the goats and horses.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He was drenched from his horns to hooves, but grinning like a crazy goat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the goat leaped straight up till he was eye level with the horse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Kainene steered with a careless confidence, past potholes on the road, past palm trees stripped of fronds, past a thin soldier pulling along a thinner goat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He went to the corral and marked the animals and plants: cow, goat, pig, hen, cassava, caladium, banana. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As I crossed a narrow ravine crowded with low trees and bushes I got very close to a beautiful red-gold bushbuck—a forest antelope about the size of a long-legged goat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The promised goat was inside it; we heard her bleating. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Dyedka’s goat cart sat in front of the hole in the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “We have to leave sight of the freeway now,” Salvador told her, “and walk on the bordering streets. Not even a goat could walk along these steep banks.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She remained still, trembling as the chickens and goats recovered from their fright and began to gobble up the bread on the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Blood spattered, frightened children wept, and the man with the gun offered the teacher and bus driver some meat from a freshly slaughtered goat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The barn’s roof had fallen in, and some of the sparks jumped to the house just as Dyedka arrived with the goats. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Tell me, can you milk a dog like a cow or a goat?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a most singular portent, a lion in front, a serpent behind, a goat in between— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Grover had scampered to the top like a mountain goat, but the lava had almost gotten me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was then that the goat called Grinder stumbled and fell, throwing them out of the chariot. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Well, I haven’t been talking to the Goat Man about getting Prim’s goat pregnant, because someone gave me completely inaccurate information as to where he lives,” I say to Prim emphatically. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The goats ran as best they could, but while Snarler ran well and ran fast, even with the weight of the giant’s cauldron to pull, Grinder limped and staggered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “What then, Thomas? What has hooves, is larger than a goat, and more delicate than a boar, and walks our village by night but stops outside the door of the church?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I could even smell that there was a goat or two somewhere in here...all those things were easy to tell and usual. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But she makes out well with her goat, so I concentrate on that. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I had no cloth to cover my body, no goat for the people who dug my grave! I had no food for the people who mourned me! These things I demand now!” screamed Aunt Chipo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A never-ending line of carts brought the raw material in—thousands of skins, goat, calf, lizard and snake skins—and took them away again tanned, dyed and finished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In the corner behind Dyedka’s goat cart, a large hole had been made in the side of the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Here's the real story of how I got the money for Prim's goat, Lady. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And every single goat had a name out of Shakespeare! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z With my golden goat, Cheetah, at my side, I climb toward home, urging the straggling sheep along with my stick. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Next was the southeast corner, where shabbily built wooden fences held in several cows, goats, sheep, and pigs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A goat hopped up on one of the carts and then to the roof of the diligence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When he was gone, Missandei brought the queen a simple meal of goat cheese and olives, with raisins for a sweet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But as quickly as the recognition registers, a steel door slides over the soldiers' faces and we are...a herd of goats. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But I wanted pants-style pockets that hung inside my dress like goat udders. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Milked mammals include the cow, sheep, goat, horse, reindeer, water buffalo, yak, and Arabian and Bactrian camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Are you goats as nervous about all this as I am?” asked Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Freddie sprang over the rubble at the base of the cliff like a mountain goat. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The room was the size of the main portion of her barn, but instead of being filled with hay and goats, it was filled with a huge, tall bed and a massive carved wardrobe. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Just like that, he was gone, the doodle of a fire-breathing goat with spines the only evidence of his visit. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was mostly chickens, but there were also a few goats and hogs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He needed a bath so badly that he stank like a goat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The one thing that really got my goat was these ships in bottles. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Three of something: three pigs, three bears, three brothers, three soldiers, three billy goats. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t help picturing a goat with big tires stuck in the mud, and it made me giggle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Whisking a handful of grass, my mother coaxed them into the light and watched the tiny yellow windows close and open again as the goats skipped backward into the shade. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never seen him. Mayhap he run off or died or got eaten by a goat.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The road out front looked strangely deserted except for a few kids in raggedy jackets and two disoriented goats. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The watching goat obeyed, moving into a distinct squatting position as though it were about to... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “No, I didn’t even know you had a goat.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In a week I would be returning to school, and as always I would be running up the goat path and crossing the bridge to go to church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Vatete said, even a barren goat was too much for some women, not mentioning names of course. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From waist down he had the legs of a shaggy goat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z What did he know but mere village witchery, spells to call goats, cure warts, move loads or mend pots? A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Among land animals hunted, wild boar and deer were the commonest prey, followed by mountain goat and bear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Luke’s beard was so thick, he looked like one of his goats. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Truly I was to be the next goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The play is about a man who has taken up with a goat, but is really about the nature of love. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z As summarized in Table 9.3, the era of big mammal domestication began with the sheep, goat, and pig and ended with camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She'd have been happy with a few chickens or a goat, but they, too, had to be fed every day, and she and Mo went away too often for that. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He keeps on climbing, mindless, mechanical, because it is the business of goats to climb. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z You could keep a whole herd of goats in there, she thought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As Newt leaned over to get a better look into the Box, the faint bleating of a goat in the distance echoed across the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Two of the billy goats pulled it like draft ponies. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z When they found neither, when their goats and sheep and cows died off, they came to Kabul. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Someone standing by the live tents said, “Hey! What are you two doing with my goat?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z When the stores ran out, and they’d eaten the last of their sheep and goats, they ate even the laying hens. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As they waited at the tea stall, Ronny, who looked like the older of the two boys, clambered suddenly out of the back seat, intrigued by a goat tied to a stake in the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Everybody could remember those days when, even though they had lost much communal land, they had still been allowed permits to run cattle and sheep and goats galore in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran and crowded at the window and watched the state police car coming up the goat path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I go back to the goat room and check that Camel is still breathing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I reached out to slide open my bedroom window, to hear the sounds better and to let in the clean air tinged with goat droppings and ripening oranges. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “It look like bright colors, like happy. Sunshine. Family. Chickens and goats. Not need much.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadows of his little goat legs moved back and forth under the barn door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z It is the business of rams to be rams and of goats to be goats, the business of shapers to sing and of kings to rule. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no. Once upon a time, yes. We used to read the will of the gods by examining animal guts—chickens, goats, that sort of thing. Nowadays, we use these.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When she found that he knew nothing, and yet had spellbound the goats to come to him and follow him, then she saw that he must have in him the makings of power. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They had great flocks of sheep and goats as well, and they lived at their ease. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses aren't as interesting as goats, but it's a better job than cooking or digging trenches. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The goats snuffled and munched at the grass and the leaves beside the chariot, eyeing with distaste the tethered mules that pulled the caravan. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z No sooner had he said this than he pounced on a goat and took a bite out of its leg. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I grabbed him by the shirt, which seriously wasn’t like me, but the stupid old goat was making me mad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Utgardaloki clapped his hands, and a long wooden trough was brought in, with all manner of roasted animals in it: geese and oxen and sheep, goats and rabbits and deer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z My father was an unofficial priest and presided over ritual slaughtering of goats and calves and officiated at local traditional rites concerning planting, harvest, birth, marriage, initiation ceremonies, and funerals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Liver disease in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk, rabbits, and various other warm-blooded animals may be caused by liver flukes that spend part of their life cycles in fresh-water snails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z On the table, under a wooden bowl to protect it from hungry rats and cats alike, sits a perfect little goat cheese wrapped in basil leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “She drank a lot of goat’s milk—almost a whole bucket full.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A goat poked its head out of the barn door; then another joined it, and another. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z "A goat has no loyalty. Soon a wolf banner is raised here, I think. But first a man would hear a certain name unsaid." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Pretty soon we’d laced the sneakers over his fake feet, and the world’s first flying goat boy was ready for launch. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The meaty goat smell came off him in sickening waves. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "Did I ever tell you about how I got Prim's goat?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One of his field trips was literally a trip to a field where the class watched a wrinkled man fill his mouth with rotten goat meat and feed it to a pack of waiting hyenas. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “He’s gonna drive us down to the Bronx Zoo. They have over six hundred species. Tigers and gorillas and giraffes, not goats and sheep. They’ve even got panda bears! You’re free on Sunday, right?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z We went over and bought a cup of milk to share, then stood over the goat as if idly curious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z On this he rose and placed the bed of balsam near the fire, strewing sheepskins on top, and skins of goats. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A p.air of brothers turned up with a goat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She sent letters to my mother detailing her hardships: no washing machine, no car, no television, a backyard full of boulders and goats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She knew that his voice got very soft when he spoke to the goats, but she couldn’t remember what he sounded like when he read the Torah to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I'm going to feed your body to die goats," Tyrion threatened as the first load of Stone Crows pushed off from die quay. Shagga laughed. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A boy passed them on the way, herding a flock of sleek nanny goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So the Gypsies got unstuck, and until the end of the war their wagons were pulled by these peculiarly strong goats, which is how they became known throughout Wales as Goat People. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “It’s a simile. I didn’t say you were a goat, I said you smell like a goat. Didn’t you learn anything in English class?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When I get home, we'll race goats to the bridge and go up to the waterfall! Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He's filthy and impatient, but the goats are clean and their milk is rich if you can afford it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She places the spinach in the bowl and adds dried cranberries, goat cheese, and walnuts. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Even many years later, seeing a Kroger’s McIntosh in our suburban kitchen, she would hold it up to ridicule, saying, “This is nothing. This we fed to goats.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When she asked “What’s this?” he rolled his eyes to the ceiling, mock moaning, “Goat meat. Kid goat meat.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Moss menagerie also included a mule, goats, cows, and various smaller animals. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll help ...” Reeling a little, bumping into each other, they went out to the goat pen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozarts Piano Concerto no. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Sheep are sheep, cows are cows, and that over there is a goat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “We have brought this week’s Zamani goat for the temple’s ritual sacrifice.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Zvezda peered around one side of him, and another goat shoved on the other side, both trying to force their way into the smithy. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "How do we get up there? I've no experience at riding goats." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the goat had chewed off his splint and, apparently bored with the comfort of the barn, pushed through the doors and followed Anya out to the onion fields. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A woman on the road was dragging a stubborn goat and finally left it behind and hurried ahead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My leaden feet turned at the end of the bridge and I felt the pebbles of the goat path beneath the drift of snow. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We chose this particular island because we saw some goats on it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere along the way he saved up enough for these goats and now has something to do in his old age besides slowly starve to death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Crops grow, and cattle and goats are well fed and produce lots of milk or meat or babies. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The goat, it seemed to Rick, was beautiful. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At night, once the goat’s milk was exhausted, Xan gathered the gossamer threads of starlight on her fingers, and the child ate gratefully. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Some of them were full-service establishments, offering grilled goat, Tusker beer, a bed, and a woman. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d always thought of her as bounding along like a young mountain goat, but now she looked like any other mill hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Cows and dogs and goats wandered in and out of the traffic. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At home we have no level runs or meadows, but highland, goat land—prettier than plains, though. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I was looking to get Vonetta’s goat, but I only ended up losing Fern. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A drop of sweat hightails it down Luke’s forehead and drops right off his nose, like those goats that fling themselves from cliffs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The second goat nibbled on his pant leg. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Since its heyday as a planter’s mansion, parts of the house had been used as an army bunker, a birthing hospital, and a goat barn. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My relatives have brewed beer and my oldest son has bought a goat to sacrifice at the coming-home ceremony. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then strange white men, one of them so tall and thin that he seemed to sway when he walked, looked over each of the women as if inspecting goats for slaughter. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They can get by, if they're careful, on selling Prim's goat milk and cheese and the small apothecary business my mother now runs for the people in the Seam. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I rip it open at once and inside there's a feast -fresh rolls, goat cheese, apples, and best of all, a tureen of that incredible lamb stew on wild rice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The two Indian rhinos were great attractions at the zoo because of the goats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though I’m an expert at making deals to get what I want—my goat, warm rolls, purple lollipops—this is somehow different. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why is your goat tied to your wrist?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “If you don’t fly down here tonight,” he said, “I’ll go after them alone and I won’t be able to retire them. I just bought a goat,” he added. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We made toy cows out of clay and made the sounds of cows and goats with our mouths. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though she’s only a goat, she loves me more than anything in the world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivan trotted after him, pushing the goats out as he went. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The door shuddered as the goat rammed it with his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There were long talks before the work began, because of a goat house and compound wall that would have to be removed, but the work went well. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The man shut the dogs away in a goat pen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sing how it bloomed two and a half centuries ago on the slopes of Mount Olympus, while the goats bleated and the olives dropped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She could push a plow, milk a goat, and, most important, think for herself. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The men were leading the goats into the village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They said he used to rip the heads off goats with his teeth and fillet blue-eyed babies before dawn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The bloody brats would follow around a two-headed goat if one turned up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Listen, I don’t know what you’ve already decided about what you think my life is like, but I’m not about to be sold off by my parents for a pile of goats, okay?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Stranger still, the barn was empty—no mare, no goat either. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They were like wild bulls running down the goat path towards town. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The bearded woman spoke an incomprehensible variety of Ghiscari, the goat boy some guttural sailor’s pidgin called the trade talk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She watched the domovoi shoving the goats into a messy herd while Babulya stood nearby with her shawl clutched around her shoulders and Kin sitting at her feet, coughing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, the boys herded the cattle and goats into a kraal surrounded by thornbushes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The tiny white flowers were fun to braid into crowns to put on the goats’ heads. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Dyedka was up, his wooden legs thumping on the floor as he shooed the goats out of the house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His dad had guided Nailer’s hand, setting the knife against the goat’s jugular. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking about how it could be answered when I heard a blasting goat cry behind me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Something large and loud in the center of the painting had the hind legs of a goat, fur like grated bone, solid thighs, their surface thrusting toward the ceiling of the studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Fletching arrows, milking goats, gathering firewood, mucking out our stables ... the work is endless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She snorted and watched the line of goats waiting patiently to be milked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Little guys with long arms. They were swinging all over the place. And there was a goat. It ran away as soon as it saw me.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Someone said he only drank goat’s milk because he was allergic to cow’s milk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t much heavier than a baby goat, and her face was so sweet that he kissed it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z It slept in the hut with us and some of the little goats. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The known world is at stake and Muhammad hasn’t left instructions on who will inherit all the goats and the yogurt and the servants and the countries. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He kicked off his shoes and displayed his goat hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A truck came bouncing over the goat path and pulled to a screeching stop in front of the kitchen door. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They needed the goat milk to make the cheese and to add to the bliny batter itself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z At the back was an entire village, with fine houses and pens of cattle and goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I’m half goat. Of course I can climb!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ashima had gone to visit her; for the occasion her grandmother had entered the kitchen after over a decade’s retirement, to cook Ashima a light goat and potato stew. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Hello. It’s daylight. The chupacabras only comes out at night. Besides, if he has goats, he has water. Let’s just hope he can spare some.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Solid. Who are your top five goats then?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Or they need the land to live on or for grazing their cattle and goats or for building their houses. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “It likes goats best, but it’ll eat horses or cows—or a child if it’s really hungry.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Such a nice name. Would you like to sell me your goat, Brevis-boy?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It was Tirza, the young woman who just hours before had been chasing that runaway goat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z "There, cousins," he said, "dismiss it all from your minds and be comforted. Here is water and there is grass. You shall have a hot mash when I have milked my other cousins, the goats." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It was a pretty full train and I kind of forgot about it when I saw goats being handed up to the roof and people coming on with their chickens. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t do that again. I thought you goats were rat food.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were hairy like a goat's, and shaped like a goat's and he had goat's hooves and a tail. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The rest of the day we were like goats held by hobbles. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats in the mountains are leaning against one another. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Lena said we could have a party with goat people,” Seth said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “No. I didn’t mean that. I eat lots of things, but goats are my—well, they’re my livelihood. They sustain me.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We call them smileys because when you’re done eating all the meat off it, the goat looks like it’s smiling at you from the plate. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The stewards began to bring out the first dish, an onion broth flavored with bits of goat and carrot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ser Archibald drained the last of his goat’s milk and wiped the milk mustache from his upper lip with the back of a big hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Septimus prodded the dead goat experimentally with his foot, moving its head; it had received a deep and fatal wound to its forehead, equidistant between its horns. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Like a tethered goat, so far and no farther. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She leads us up ancient goat trails and sheep paths, through scrubby grass and meadows of mountain flowers, toward the cluster of small ruins Alan spotted earlier. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Zvezda was her friend as much as a goat and a human could be friends. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They were black like a goat’s but with no iris. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the hermit came in, the whole room was suddenly absolutely thick with the smell of goats, just like Chrissie said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after dinnertime, the grooms found Seabiscuit walking in circles, clutching the distraught goat in his teeth and shaking her back and forth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were panthers and leopards, wolves, tigers and antelopes; monkeys and hedgehogs, wombats, mountain goats and giraffes; and an enormous group composed entirely of kittiwakes and vultures. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The santero returns with the goat, its mouth and ears tied with string. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He has goats. Folks say they live right in with him in the winter.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z "How much did your mother tell you to take for the goat?" asked the woman in the scarlet kirtle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Grover held up his hands and said something to the zebra in goat talk, like a blessing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Or maybe goats are nocturnal. Some animals never sleep. Sheep never do, not that I could detect; whenever you look at them they’re looking back. Expecting to be fed.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A wild rain lashed down upon his black brother as he tore at the flesh of an enormous goat, washing the blood from his side where the goat’s long horn had raked him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Grover brayed like a baby goat and went climbing up a mountain of metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She waved as he rode away with the goats following, and as soon as he was out of sight, she slammed the barn doors shut. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She had milked a goat, she realised with a start. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Then he says that you have one final chance to change your mind before the doors are opened and you get a car or a goat. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “There won’t be a second coup. There’s a little tension in the army, but there always is a little tension in the army. Did you have the goat meat? Isn’t it wonderful?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “That old goat. Go on with your story.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z It’s very difficult to get goats like that, so people look for months to find them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Cows, goats and sheep produce milk only after giving birth to calves, kids and lambs, and only as long as the youngsters are suckling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At last we reach a place where the goat trail winds close to the main road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z And then Ser Gregor returned, earlier than expected, driving a herd of goats this time in place of a herd of prisoners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Uh, Coach,” Jason said, “that’s a great offer, but we need you to man the ship—or goat the ship. Whatever.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The young man’s scowl deepened as he looked between the two of them and then at the goat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Or a young goat? They make a crying sound.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As he cut off a piece of that goat he began to smile. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Day one in the Congo, and here my brand-new tulip-tailored linen suit in Poison Green with square mother-of-pearl buttons was fixing to give up the goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was little things at first—goats gone dry, wells turning bad.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “My goat is probably asleep by now,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Not homes, exactly—more like small shacks, such as those a couple of goats might be sheltered in. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Nearly 2,000 other words of their vocabulary can similarly be reconstructed, including words for “goat,” “horse,” “wheel,” “brother,” and “eye.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The men with skin like the milk of goats and their Ashanti companions drank the palm wine from hand-carved gourds that had been decorated with ceremonial tribal designs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I’m nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Though my aunts and uncles tried to make it festive with loud music and a giant feast of tamales and roasted goat, Olga’s absence floated silently around us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Papa would have known how to make the goat listen, and he would have helped her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for him, there was never anything—not a swath of goat hair or even a piece of stone—for the boy to take. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “They killed a goat and roasted its meat. ‘Do you know what would be really funny?’ suggested the chief baboon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them—after a quick bit of grumbling—the five clansmen followed on their under-size garrons, scrawny things that looked like ponies and scrambled up rock walls like goats. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She brought back a haunch of goat and a basket of fruits and vegetables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The yellow striped cat and the black goat followed him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her goat, Lady, an animal of actual value, has unfortunately not made an appearance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When Senor Leal Finally grabs his goat, The pipe is smoked. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, little goat. You think this is funny,” hissed the Wart- hog, thrusting itself at Kuda. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, okay. But please, tell her no goats this time.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They also raised cattle, goats, ducks, turkeys, terriers, bees, and English bulldogs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She walked over to the goats and whispered a word of power to each of them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z "I knew that goat would be a little gold mine. You're a little cooler though. Of course, I'm not going. He shakes his head. "Never gamble at cards. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A vehicle was driving into the parking lot, a dusty truck with two goats tethered on the open loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Its leg had once been broken for marrow, and Thor had set it, but the goat had never been as strong again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Climbing from the car, he maneuvered the goat cage from the back seat, with wheezing effort managed to set it down on the roof. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “One calf and three goats. The rest will be sheep or lambs, no doubt” “Three-and-twenty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Deirdre brayed and the goat stamped the ground and the owl hooted and the chickens clucked and Grunt grunted his appreciation. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z "If he doesn't give her back, chop off his manhood and feed it to the goats," iyrion promised. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t feel good about this,” she said to the goat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The combination of olive oil, hearty vegetables, and cheese that comes from goat's milk, mixed with decent servings of fish and meat, had been shown in numerous studies to promote longevity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I climb the hill, I race over the goat path, and I am home! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Babulya’s garden grew close to the house and had a good, solid fence around it to keep the goats out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The witch-queen drove her chariot down a forest path, lashing the flanks of the twin white billy goats with a whip when they flagged. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I do not think the Creator made a tribe such as these creatures. They have skin the color of goat’s milk.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Juanita lay on the other side of the twins with a baby goat in her arms. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Taking a man as thrall or a woman as a salt wife, that was right and proper, but men were not goats or fowl to be bought and sold for gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Oddly, the cub, who looked to be about three months old, paid little attention to the goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Anya was of the opinion they should let the goats sleep in the house, and her family could move into the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Nothing wrong with that—you can bet I’d have a wicked big boat if I were rich, and a new hat, too!—but it gets my goat when rich people steal from me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea a goat could jump so high. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The goats took off, their little hooves thumping on the cold, packed earth, bleating as they ran after the apples. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z As dirty as he was, he almost hated to scrub away the smells of musky tiger cub, souring goat’s milk, thick creek mud, and salty Sunderbans water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The goat limped as it walked, and Thor cursed Loki, whose fault it was that his goat was lame. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There were many sheep and goats standing about, peering at the two unwelcome visitors, waiting to be eaten. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When they were done and all the giants were dead, Thor crouched beside Grinder, his injured goat, and helped it back to its feet. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “There are worse things than goat cheese and honey,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Army was after him and the village gave him food and slaughtered a goat for his men. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave us a sack with provisions: a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a hunk of goat cheese still in its thin cloth casing, a stack of flour tortillas, and water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z At that, why, the half-naked women behind him just burst out clapping and cheering, as if they could no longer confine their enthusiasm for a dead goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps his family had fled with their goats and chickens, like all the people streaming into Umuahia. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Kids are baby goats. They’re cute, and they have redeeming social value. You are definitely not kids.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He made his way around Old Fishfoot, past where a young girl was selling cups of fresh milk from her nanny goat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the goats began to bleat happily, and the chickens talked all together. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I sat breathing through my nose, holding in my mouth the pure, awful slavor of something on fire and a bristle of stiff hairs from the burnt hide of a dead goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The truck lurched down the goat path, over the bridge and swung south towards El Puerto. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," 1 say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He wore a faded Hawaiian shirt and nothing for pants except thick brown goat fur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She let herself cry about Papa only in front of the goats, because they didn’t try to comfort her or tell her it was okay or offer her false hope about his safe return. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Several of the goats that had settled around us lifted their heads and listened to the coyote’s call. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If sanctions are imposed, the goat will fall. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was true, as he said, that every face of every goat was different—as different as people. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Kali and Janaki between them had to show me how to milk the goat, how to plant seed, how to chum butter from milk, and how to mull rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When the food was ready, Thor took a whole goat as his portion, leaving the meat of the other goat for the other five people. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “It walked into the village. It did not kill a goat or a chicken. It walked past a small child and took her mother, is it not so?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Rick,” she said, “I have to tell you something. I’m sorry. The goat is dead.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A dozen different sorts of meat and fish were served: camel, crocodile, singing squid, lacquered ducks and spiny grubs, with goat and ham and horse for those whose tastes were less exotic. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If Gandhiji was walking with us, could he tell me why we have all been sent into the wild like a bunch of starving goats? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There were large footprints like Tyson’s, and smaller ones— goat hooves—leading off to the left. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Besides the goats and chickens and growling domovoi, the barn was still and empty. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He made a splint for his goat’s leg, and he bandaged it up. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, I almost forgot. I have a surprise for you, goats. I’ll be right back.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Tiger, rhinoceros, ostrich, wild boar, brown bear—no matter the beast, you must get its goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Here’s the thing: Dad told me the other day that the last time he was here, when he was a teenager, his uncle had chickens and ducks and geese and even goats. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The goat Gets a carrot And the chickens get Clapping hands That scare them away. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He wasn’t happy about the goats being out.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The truck was bouncing down the goat path that led to the bridge and the highway. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Arsenic-contaminated environments have also caused sickness and death among horses, cows, goats, pigs, deer, fishes, and bees; despite this record arsenical sprays and dusts are widely used. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The goat legs had stayed, jutting thighs and all, but from the waist up, the figure was new. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I can’t leave you like this, Xan,” he said as Luna made a cricket grow to the size of a goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The feast was a meager enough thing, a succession of fish stews, black bread, and spiceless goat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z According to another she was a nymph who owned the goat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So the old woman ate a goat instead. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The stupid goat had broken his leg two weeks earlier, and Anya’s grandfather wanted him to stay in the barn and rest for at least a month. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “The stupidity of it gets my goat,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z One of the goats, a white one with black patches, was lying down in a cart. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She chuckled as she watched Tirza, a young woman about her own age, chasing one of her family’s goats once again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Using a pointer, he pokes languidly at the twisted intestines of a dead salt-and-pepper milk goat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires and a whole clan named Blackbuck who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Those Major Five of mammal domestication are the cow, sheep, goat, pig, and horse. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They leave behind the beautiful mountains, the lakes, the clear air and blue skies and the sheep and the goats. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z She drew faces, places, and minute details of plants and animals—a stamen here, a paw there, the rotted out tooth of an aged goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Anya patted the goats on her way out of the barn, and she made her way to the house as she untied hay from her hair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “My next puzzler is going to have goat eyes,” he said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I heard two things at that moment: Father saying “Never forget this lesson” as he looked on grimly; and the bleating of the goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But then Kin reworked it and added an embedded iron design: a little goat on the right side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The sound of a bleating goat echoed behind her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Pascal and Patrice helped me scratch up a little plot that eventually produced a few bleak, dusty bouquets of spinach and beans, which were gobbled up one night by our neighbor’s goat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need to install a successor, but for that we need a goat to sacrifice.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There we bought delicious pieces of fried goat and chips for just a few kwacha. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Fleeces clean, the sheep swam to the bank and scrambled out of the water, nimble as goats and hungry as pigs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain, mud, tiger, and goat’s milk—he needed a bath! Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The archery grounds were actually a wide field where Dyedka took the goats to graze during the warmer months, after they exhausted all the grazing nearer to their house. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Somehow, Finn got home, stabled and watered the mare, patted the goat, stumbled into the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She rendered goat fat into something like butter, and pulverized antelope meat into hamburgers with a device I think had been rigged from the propeller of a motorboat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The witch doctor made him drink spurting blood from a goat whose jugular had been ritualistically severed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The goat cried out and made a terrible bleating noise. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “The half-man eats goats. When he first showed up on the beach, they paid him goats to work heavy crew. My mom told me he could eat a whole goat in three days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It is not okay, goat boy. He was my hero.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Harry drove the two goats, on whose necks he had hung garlands of goldenrod and wild aster to make it “a royal procession.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Everybody knew that with each passing year the old goat liked them younger and younger. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You should have seen Prim's reaction when we walked in with that goat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The moon and the stars were beautiful, the brook, the shore, the forest and rock, the goat and the golden beetle, the flower and butterfly were beautiful. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin, the donkey. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon my father came whistling up the goat path, striding home from the flaming-orange sun, and we ran to meet him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel like a tourist in my own country,” I said, taking in a goatherd leading a half-dozen emaciated goats along the side of the road. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Hold on there! I’ll take the goats. Witched or no, goats is worth twenty shillings apiece.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A few years before, his father had made him kill a goat, to show him the method of the knife, to show how a blade pierced flesh and snagged on tendons. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z |
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