单词 | gosling |
例句 | And then the gosling said, “Mama, do you think you’ll ever walk again?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At that moment a gosling waddled close to the dog, who had been cringing in a corner of the courtyard. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The gosling was afraid to press the button, and he was afraid not to press the button. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z While the gosling slept, the robot might tend the fire if it was cool out, or gently fan him if it was warm. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The robot and the gosling watched it crawl across the ocean until it finally disappeared to the south. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The bears huddled behind the gosling and stared at the robot’s stump of a leg. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A big smile appeared on the gosling’s face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The gosling was small for his age, and he always would be, but he was growing bigger and stronger by the day. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z So I put aside the memory of the little pariah dog and the gosling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “There really is a runty gosling who thinks the robot is his mother! How could anyone be so stupid! Do yourself a favor, gosling, and fly away before you get hurt!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Can’t you see I’m a paying you a compliment, you gosling?” she said, and Lyra was pacified, though she didn’t understand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Make sure Brightbill gets plenty of rest. A tired gosling is a cranky gosling!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I thought of the dog’s grip on the gosling’s neck and knew I must not let him take me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After a minute of spying, the gosling shook his tail feathers and waddled outside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But his feet just kept paddling until he caught up to the other goslings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Of course they did, my poor goslings,” said Orddu with sympathy. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The adult geese frowned at his flying tricks, but the goslings thought he was amazing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It is only natural for goslings your age to be a little...moody.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A big smile appeared on the gosling’s face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Roz and Brightbill followed a trail through the fog and over to a beach that was crawling with fluffy goslings and proud parents. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The egg continued peeping and wobbling until nightfall, when the gosling inside settled down to sleep and the egg became quiet and still. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z No gosling ever had a more attentive mother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Loudwing rounded up all the goslings and gave them a quick swimming lesson. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Over in their favorite corner, the goslings whistled a night song. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Without a family, the unhatched gosling inside would surely die. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z About how she’d watched over the egg until a tiny gosling hatched. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then a long robot arm would reach in and pull the gosling back outside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “What have they gone and done? We tried to warn them about the nasty Crochan, but the headstrong little goslings wouldn’t listen! My, oh my,” she clucked sorrowfully, “now they’ve got their little fingers caught!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As it disappeared around a bend, we could still hear the squawking of the gosling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z From the doorway she could hear Old Mother Goose honking over her gosling. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z That afternoon, when the wind had died down and the barnyard was quiet and warm, the grey goose led her seven goslings off the nest and out into the world. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Brightbill soon forgot about the incident with Rockmouth, and he spent his mornings cruising around the pond with the other goslings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And, as you’re about to find out, a few poor goslings would never even get a chance to hatch. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The gosling was much better at understanding natural things like islands and forests and parents. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “It was my fault. This gosling is the only survivor.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Look,” he began in his sharp voice, “you say you have seven goslings. There were eight eggs. What happened to the other egg? Why didn’t it hatch?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The robot and the gosling liked to spend afternoons up there, working on the finer points of flying. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Put the gosling down,” said the goose with a laugh. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The gosling kicked as fast as he could. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Kyle went into the Children’s Room, where kids were reading books with their moms and dads or watching a puppet show or listening to a storyteller or singing along with Mother Goose and her goslings. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z A jumble of goslings tried to keep up with them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “How many goslings are there? I can only see one.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “But I can’t say I’ve ever built one for a robot and a gosling. So, just what exactly do you need?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But would she allow her accident to cause the death of yet another gosling? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, everybody in the barn cellar. Wilbur and the sheep and the lambs and the goose and the gander and the goslings and Charlotte and me.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “You are still a gosling. You are too young to see dead robots. I will take you to see them when you are older.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “If you bring us four more trees—good, healthy ones—maybe I’ll have time to help you and the gosling.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Crownpoint stood before his doe and his three spotted fawns, and the family watched as the robot approached with the gosling on her shoulder. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The goose appeared, followed by her seven goslings. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Now, Roz, do you know what tomorrow is? Tomorrow is Swimming Day! The day when all the parents take their goslings out on the pond for the first time. And you simply must bring Brightbill.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The seven goslings paraded round and round their mother. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He would kill a gosling if he could get away with it—the goose knew that. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The other goslings were teasing him about something when they suddenly burst into laughter, and Brightbill turned and hurried home with a stormy expression on his face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z So she scooped up the nest with the gosling inside, placed it on her flat shoulder, and marched through the forest, searching for geese. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “There are other robots on the island?” said the gosling during one of their talks. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Swim! Swim!” said the gosling, shaking his tail feathers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z These questions filled the gosling’s mind, and his feelings for his mother swung between love and confusion and anger. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were soon replaced by the sounds of footsteps and shaking leaves as the robot carefully walked along the beaver dam with a gosling on her shoulder and a freshly cut tree in her hands. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When the first gosling poked its grey-green head through the goose’s feathers and looked around, Charlotte spied it and made the announcement. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Do you know what Charlotte said when the goslings hatched?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The gosling kept hopping onto the rock and kept riding the wind and kept tumbling into the grass, until he started to find his wings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The ground grew soggier, the grass grew taller, and soon the robot and the gosling were looking across a wide, murky pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You were out for a few minutes,” said the gosling as he hugged his mother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And he’s going to have so much fun swimming with the other goslings! The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z None of them had learned how to speak with animals, or had saved an island from the cold, or had adopted a gosling. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Actually, the gosling is in need of your assistance!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The fish had been a problem in the pond for as long as anyone could remember, but he’d never attacked goslings before. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And then the gosling’s words were replaced by his quiet, steady breathing. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Brightbill ran up and down the beach with the other goslings, peeping and laughing and pretending to be afraid of the tiny waves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Did you know that Uncle Homer’s goslings had hatched?” asked Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And so the robot and the gosling walked around the pond, to where Loudwing and her friends were chatting. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Later on that morning, the animals came up from the pasture—the sheep, the lambs, the gander, the goose, and the seven goslings. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “That is a lot of water,” said the wide-eyed gosling. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I have an adorable little gosling with me!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Mama? The other goslings said that we have to leave the island soon, and we won’t return for months and months. Is that true?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Mama! The other goslings didn’t know that warm air rises. So I found an updraft and we spent the afternoon circling around and around and hardly flapped our wings at all!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The gosling could feel his emotions swinging wildly. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Except for the goose herself, Charlotte was the first to know that the goslings had at last arrived. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z They seemed to be having a ridiculous amount of fun, and suddenly the gosling was smiling again. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The dog closed its teeth over the unfortunate gosling’s neck. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Roz placed the gosling on her flat shoulder, and the two of them set off across the island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Loudwing escorted Brightbill back to the beach, and a minute later the gosling was in his mother’s arms, safe and sound. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “A tree is no place for a gosling! Brightbill needs to live on the ground, like a normal goose.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The young geese heard it and knew that they would never be little goslings again. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Please, please, please take us to the Fair!” begged a gosling. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The gosling shook his tail feathers and chewed his very first bites of food. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Anybody would think we had three ganders, three geese, and twenty-one goslings. Sheep?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Were you smaller back then?” said the gosling. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I already have birds on my mind, so I think of a gosling with light-colored down to match Captain Gosnold’s fair hair. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Mama, the other goslings were making fun of me.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Before the goslings can eat their first meal however, Ma and Pa Goose have to fly to the bottom of the cliff and encourage their chicks to jump. Life Story: is this David Attenborough’s swan song? 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Sheen resembles a startled gosling that's just crawled out of Charles Bukowski's left nostril or a haunted scarecrow from a Stephen King story. Idolising bad boys makes Charlies of us all 2011-02-20T00:06:25Z Adults reading it aloud will smile as Roz, with her “computer brain packed full of parenting advice,” guides her curious gosling to take his place in the world. Best books for children and young adults this month 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Is what's good for the gosling and the goose, also good for the gander? Motherlode Blog: Breastfeeding and Sex: Is Latching On a Turn-Off? 2012-07-15T11:00:53Z Seattle Times reader Mark Wangerin’s photo of a fluffy gosling taking shelter from a bald eagle. Reader’s Lens | Under my wing 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Photographer’s description: “This Canada goose hatched its young very near a bald eagle nest. During an eagle flyover, the goslings darted to the parent and stayed hidden under its wings. Finally one gosling emerged.” Reader’s Lens | Under my wing 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z In Greenland, five very fluffy barnacle goslings have hatched. Life Story: is this David Attenborough’s swan song? 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z They schedule its care, using dormitory lamps to warm the unhatched gosling, which James names Crookshanks. A Black Graduate of an Elite Boarding School Gets Real 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z “If the first collision is belly-first,” David reassures us as gosling after gosling leaps into the abyss, “it should survive the fall.” Life Story: is this David Attenborough’s swan song? 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z They help her to raise an orphaned gosling and deal with a harsh winter and a lost foot. Best books for children and young adults this month 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Fisher said it’s possible that the fence was a factor, protecting nests and goslings from predators such as coyotes. Echo Park Lake homeless encampment is gone. So is the fence. The problem now? Geese 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Over the summer, expect to see goslings learning how to fly, blue-winged teals migrating south, and kingbirds and flycatchers gorging on insects. Kids have been missing out on summer fun. It’s time to play catch-up. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z While sick goslings, in particular, continue to be reported, officials have been receiving fewer reports than initially, said Staci Lehman with the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife. Avian flu kills baby raccoons in WA state park 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z As the canals in Venice turned strangely clear, cormorants started diving for fish, and Canada geese escorted their goslings down the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard, passing empty shops displaying Montblanc pens and Fendi handbags. Opinion | The Secret Life of a Coronavirus 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z She adopts a nest of abandoned goose eggs, and when they hatch she finds herself in charge of teaching the goslings survival skills — including how to fly south for the winter. 7 Films to Help Children Dealing With Grief 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The eggs hatch around March, and the birds get extra aggressive when protecting their goslings. Echo Park Lake homeless encampment is gone. So is the fence. The problem now? Geese 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Should I reach over the fence to try to grab the goslings? ‘One Friday Night, I Pulled Into the Tollbooth at the Henry Hudson Bridge’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Visitors to Sacajawea Park were finding dead goslings and baby geese that were walking in circles, having seizures, sitting still and letting people approach them. Avian flu kills baby raccoons in WA state park 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Among the zoo’s new arrivals are rare Egyptian goslings, reindeer calves, llama crias and a baby brown weeper capuchin monkey. Siberian zoo sees animal baby boom during lockdown 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z In the process of taking on the mother role for the goslings, Amy is able to grieve for her own mother. 7 Films to Help Children Dealing With Grief 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Indeed, none of the other Arboretum fauna reacts at all to the mournful cry, not even the wee gaggles of fuzzy goslings, skittering about their mamas in photo-op adorableness. Column: With California reopening, L.A. Arboretum charts a safe path for people and peacocks 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z That, he suggested, would allow the goslings to run under it to rejoin their parents. ‘One Friday Night, I Pulled Into the Tollbooth at the Henry Hudson Bridge’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z As the spring progresses, there will be goslings, which is always a great treat. Geese May Not Inspire You, but They Certainly Take Your Mind Off the Virus 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z Dr. Meir and Ms. York were present with the goslings for several weeks after they hatched, allowing the geese to view them as caretakers. These High-Flying Geese Are ‘the Astronauts of the Bird World’ 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Meir spent almost all of her waking hours with the goslings at the bird park. This astronaut raised geese to study their hearts. The birds stole hers. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z As they are now missing this moment, fewer goslings are surviving over the summer. Arctic wild goose chase threatens chicks 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z There are now 10 goslings in all, spread among three or four goose couples. Perspective | Duck, duck, geese: It’s the time of year when waterways are full of water birds 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The Embden geese laid dozens of eggs each season, but the eggs and goslings were easy prey for turtles that live in the pond. After Yankees Exile ‘Goose’ and Then the Geese, Who’s Next? 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Hinde supervised Bateson's PhD on behavioural imprinting — the tendency of young birds, such as goslings, to latch on to and follow the first moving stimulus they see, typically their mothers. Patrick Bateson (1938-2017) : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z In a phenomenon known as imprinting, hatching goslings bond with the first large, moving object they see — in this case, the aircraft and the researchers. William J.L. Sladen, scientific adventurer featured in ‘Fly Away Home,’ dies at 96 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z And when the goslings hatch, security workers will escort the family to a nearby lake. Expectant parents, Canada geese settle in outside hospital 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Four goslings hatched, just the first wave in an avian population boom. Perspective | Duck, duck, geese: It’s the time of year when waterways are full of water birds 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Soon enough the gosling was free and he and his clever mother swam away. Mother Goose Calls the Cops to Help Save her Gosling 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The tame goose that lived at Buzzard Point Marina on the Anacostia River was killed last week, said Steve Gross, who last summer took the orphaned gosling from the Chesapeake Bay. A long time ago, big reels of film came to Air and Space Museum. No more. 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z “He’s good,” said Steve Gross, the District resident who in May found the gosling alone on the Chesapeake Bay and took him home to his condo, fearful he’d be eaten by a predator. What happened to the Chinese meat dog and the orphaned buffalo? 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z In addition, a pair of Canada geese this spring built a nest and hatched several goslings. Making the Javits Center Less Deadly for Birds 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The staff united the goose with the goslings to see if her motherly instincts would kick in, and they did. Mother goose in Ohio gets second chance at motherhood 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Noreen Humes was working at the Missoula Downtown Association when she noticed two geese and a gosling walk past her office. Downtown Missoulians guide geese to safety 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The gosling was less than two weeks old. Maui campground reopened after young nene found dead 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z During their first few days of life, goslings have to leave the nest where they hatched to jump from a cliff hundreds of metres high. Oldest barnacle goose may be 30 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the goslings saw the river in the distance, but did not detect the roof’s edge. Making the Javits Center Less Deadly for Birds 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z While not killing the golden goose, developing nations are not allowing it to hatch new golden goslings. Governments To Blame For Weak Economic Growth In The West 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z The adult geese wind up at food shelves for the needy; the goslings become wolf food. Minnesota news in brief at 7:58 p.m. CDT 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Wild goslings cross a cycle track in Dortmund, western Germany. Day in pictures: 4 June 2013 2013-06-04T12:27:07Z Konrad Lorenz, the father of ethology, famously imprinted young goslings to his boots. Cognitive Chickens and Memorable Sea Slugs 2013-05-15T15:45:00.207Z “They tumbled, but luckily they were still very fluffy,” said Dr. Elbin, adding that the goslings were taken to a wildlife rehabilitator near Central Park. Making the Javits Center Less Deadly for Birds 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “You spend your whole life hunting wild geese, only to nearly have your eye pecked out by a gosling.” Mo Yan: “Bull.” 2012-11-19T05:00:00Z During "test flights", birds wear masks they are trained to wear as goslings, which provide them with oxygen levels that simulate high altitude. Highest-flying bird put to test 2012-07-01T09:49:39Z A little gosling, quite tame and friendly, was chosen for Carol's especial pet. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z The goslings, when first hatched, are usually very strong. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The young are clothed in yellow down like goslings, and follow the parents about from the date of hatching. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z March or early April is the best period for hatching, and the geese should therefore begin to sit in February or early March; for goslings hatched at any time after April are difficult to rear. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z They are so large they are almost like goslings. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z Old man went it for a while and then the gosling got a chance for a squawk. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z In many instances, efforts to obtain young from their eggs have been unsuccessful; but if the female is supplied with the eggs of the common goose, she invariably hatches and rears the goslings. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Finally they agreed that it should belong to all five of them, and that all of them should sit on it, as a goose would do, and hatch out the little gosling. The Norwegian Fairy Book 2011-11-22T03:00:08.940Z A turkey is an excellent mother for goslings. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Good little goslings at their play And well-conducted chicks Were taught to think poor goosey's flights Were naughty, ill-bred tricks. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Days later, the cameras clearly show young goslings hatching and departing. Green Blog: Arctic Predators, Caught in the Act 2011-10-26T11:00:31Z For the first three or four days, goslings must be kept warm and dry, and fed on barley-meal, or oatmeal, mixed with milk, if easily procurable; if not, with water. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "These islands," says our good Knight Pigafetta, "were full of geese and goslings and sea wolves." The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z The guinea-hens were selected, several pigeons ordered to be delivered in a few days when the house would be ready, and a number of young goslings spoken for. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z But best of all the little fowls Still playing on the shore, Soft downy chicks and goslings gay, Chirped out, "Dear Goose, lay more." Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z She welcomed them as if they had returned from some great peril, petted and scolded them because of their wet things and fussed about like a hen whose goslings have swam safely back to shore. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z He may praise English and American methods, allow the charm of the result, but in his heart he prefers for himself his "snow-white gosling." A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z They lay one egg at once, about the size of a goose egg in which the gosling lies hidd. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z The defendant was therefore fined three dollars for the geese killed, and eight dollars for the goslings that might have been hatched if the geese had been permitted to live, and costs besides. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z But at last they agreed that they would own it in common, all five of them, and each was to sit on it in turn like a goose, and so hatch the gosling. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Maya aged 12 sent us these pictures of goslings in a park in London. Send us your baby animal pics! 2011-06-03T10:10:27Z Young chickens, ducks, goslings, and even little pigs, when quite young and feeble, are carried off by them. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z And now we have this gosling with his ‘Supplication of Beggars.’ Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Plaintiff appealed to the district court which reversed the decision on the ground that plaintiff had eaten his geese, and the goslings, not being hatched, did not exist. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z “Well, gosling is a little goose, sure enough, Dot.” The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z They have also covered 13 gosling eggs with oil to prevent them from hatching, and they aim to cover more, said Anne Wong, director of landscape management. | What's Good for the Goose: Collies? 2011-05-06T15:53:03Z When the crow tries to carry off a gosling from the mother, it requires more daring and skill, and is far less frequently successful than in the former instance. Rambles of a Naturalist 2011-06-04T02:00:13.503Z Tillie vallie! will you sit and make goslings in the ashes?” broke out into one of those domestic explosions to which she was very liable. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z There was a rare lot of us young ones," said he, "running about the lanes, and paddling in the cool green ponds, like so many goslings. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z She is passionately fond of eating, and dilated upon the goodness of the cook—'Her tripe and onions are de-licious!'—'I like a green gosling, and plenty of sage and stuffing, that's what I like.' Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z All at once a rough, coarse peasant's song was heard: 'It was then that I liked you best, Hanka, When you bleached yourself in the fields, in the fields, like a gosling.' Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z It was a little late for their nesting season, but this one doubtless had a pair of miserable little yellow goslings back in that hole. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z On the contrary, I am very anxious to measure myself with these goslings! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z His daughter and son-in-law, Georgia and Eddie Hegarty, now run Norfolk Geese, which bills itself as the UK's leading supplier of goslings and eggs. Goose back on menu to welcome in autumnal days 2010-09-22T17:56:00Z Looked like Gosling, or looked like A gosling? Transfer deadline day ? live! 2010-08-31T08:34:00Z Mr. Braver and Mr. Yantis sit in a red kayak in calm waters, passing a goose and her two goslings on the banks. Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity 2010-08-16T02:02:00Z Ms. Davidoff took a photograph of the geese sluicing through the algae for reference: How many goslings were there? | Plein-Air Painting: Plein-Air Painters, Out From Hibernation 2010-06-18T23:28:00Z The minister listened to these words with a smile of incredulity, as if he were listening to the rhodomontades of goslings who assume the air of accomplished rou�s. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z How she loved to romp through the woods and then swim in the pond where the large geese would quack at her to protect their goslings. The Three Tradesmen 2010-06-17T11:00:00Z The best food for the goslings, is barley or oat, or boiled Indian meal and bread. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. Their feathery covering is exquisitely soft and glossy, the under part of the wings and the body having a covering as delicate as the downy plumage of young goslings. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands But I can't bear the silly things they sing here, about goslings and black and white sheep. A Sister's Love A Novel Githa took a deep interest in poultry, and was anxious to show the flock of young turkeys, the goslings, the chickens, and ducks, all of which she had helped to rear. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Boys turn like that all of a sudden when they reach the gosling stage. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The well-fattened gosling affords one of the most savory dishes for the table. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The young one immediately scrabbled into the old one's nest, sat, hatched, and afterwards brought up, the young goslings as her own. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom In the ante-room, where the clients usually assemble, your janitor has got a lot of geese and goslings, which waddle about under foot. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 He sneered at me and alluded to me as a fresh young gosling, because he was 300 years older than I was. Cordwood "Frieda is a waddling and inspired goose, whose goslings are all swans," he asserted disrespectfully. A Top-Floor Idyl It is true that he is running a fast rig with a lot of gilded goslings, whose money came from industrious, economical ancestors. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance A plentiful supply of grass is sufficient feed for the growing goslings. A Living from the Land Two or 3 days before the goslings hatch she should be dusted with especial care so that the goslings will be free from vermin. Ducks and Geese Had you been young and tender under the wings I might have understood it, but you must admit, in the quiet and sanctity of your own home, Grover, that you are no gosling. Cordwood After he had been on the moor two days, there came two wild geese, or rather goslings, for they had not been out of the egg long, which accounts for their impertinence. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Alcibiades said, "Yes, for they bring me eggs and goslings." Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Whole grain may be fed after the goslings are well feathered. A Living from the Land On the farms from which they come, the goslings are not fed much and in consequence are not in shape to stand shipment. Ducks and Geese I sniffed it coming on apace, And as its odors filled The curious little dining-place, I felt a glow suffuse my face, I felt my very marrow thrilled With rapture altogether new,— 'Twas gosling stew! Second Book of Verse Serve at once with roast goose, ducks or goslings. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes I'm going to hang out in the ca�on till the river goes down, or till I bag some of the goslings from the Blue Goose. The Blue Goose The young goslings are easily killed by excessive moisture or may become lost and therefore they require considerable attention during the early stages. A Living from the Land After the goslings are 6 weeks old, if they are still fed, the mash should be changed to equal parts shorts, corn meal and ground oats with 5% meat scrap. Ducks and Geese My doctor said I mustn't eat High food and seasoned game; But surely gosling is a meat With tender nourishment replete. Second Book of Verse Her prosperous flock of young turkeys were heading northward at a little distance out across the high grass land; and below, along the brook, went the geese and goslings in a sedate procession. The Life of Nancy Who would fly at the devil to protect a broken-winged gosling. The Blue Goose Exactly so—or a gosling"—rejoined her son; "the kettle would not boil. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Whole grains are not generally fed to goslings until they are well feathered and often not until it is desired to fatten them. Ducks and Geese Poking Fun When little Lizzie came across A birdie, or a chick, A duckling, or a gosling, she would poke it with a stick. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 "Green gosling, quack no more," Selden replied, Smiling that rosy silken smile anew. Collected Poems Volume Two Children, in the natural state, love water, like ducks and goslings. Phemie Frost's Experiences He sneered at me and alluded to me as a fresh young gosling, because he was three hundred years older than I was. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) With good care and with good strong healthy stock, it should be possible to raise in the neighborhood of 90% of the goslings hatched. Ducks and Geese Well! they went on still a little further, and had now reached the suburbs, where they met a boy driving a flock of geese and goslings into a pond. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 Then gosling after gosling was dropped down, and as soon as each one reached the water it seemed to become alive and it moved about. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The willow-trees are feathered over with leaves as soft and pale as the down on a gosling's breast. Phemie Frost's Experiences Miss Kitty screamed, but tightly held The little yellow ball, And you know she’d not the shadow of right To that goose’s gosling at all. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The best grown Toulouse goslings should attain a weight of 16 to 18 pounds by Christmas or when 6 to 8 months old. Ducks and Geese But by this time the old goose, too, fearing for her goslings, came furiously upon Periander, and flapping and beating him with her wings, put him into a sad straight. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 There stood a big willow tree with a low trunk, and it was covered with the little yellow blossoms that children call “goslings.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The young ones are covered with pearl-gray wool, soft and almost downy, like gigantic goslings with four legs. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit She dropped the gosling, and ran for home, Screaming, and crying,—“Boo! hoo!” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad When the hatch is completed all the goslings which have been removed from the nest should be returned; and the hen or goose removed to the coop which she is to occupy while brooding them. Ducks and Geese Let green goslings and grandfathers stay at home.” The First Violin A Novel Yes, it helped—the goslings began to swim again. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales As soon as the goslings are hatched, keep them housed for eight or ten days, and feed them with barley meal, bran, and curds. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Farewell, to the goslings! their troubles are o’er; They were pelted with stones, by boys on the shore. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The time that goslings need brooding will, of course, depend upon the weather. Ducks and Geese “Don’t be so rough with the gosling, Baldy!” The Backwoodsmen They look like goslings, too, for each little tassel has soft yellow down, and they can swim in the water. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales She laughed when the goslings wriggled in Tilly's hand, as the pellets of food were rammed down their throats with a skewer, she laughed nervously. The Rainbow And Kitty said,—“Oh, open your mouth As much as ever you please; I’m going to take your gosling, Because I love to tease Such a cranky, impudent squawker as you.” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad A growing coop or shelter of some sort should be provided for the growing goslings although this is not always done after they are pretty well feathered out. Ducks and Geese "Which shews you my son that I was aware of the jargon of symbolism before these goslings were hatched," he replied. The Belovéd Vagabond But after awhile the little goslings would not swim any longer, but lay quite still. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales We expect that the young of cats will be kittens, of geese will be goslings, of men will be human children, and we are never disappointed. What a Young Woman Ought to Know Little Kitty Striker saw A handsome, fat, old goose Out a-walking with her gosling. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad If natural shade is not available where the goslings range, artificial shade of some sort must be provided during the hot weather. Ducks and Geese The consideration of words like duckling, and gosling, is purposely deferred. A Handbook of the English Language I feel more like a young gosling that some one has coaxed out of its shell a day too soon. Seven Miles to Arden The goslings are covered with a thick coat of down, and are able to run on the land or swim in the water when they first come out of the shell. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Tommy saw the gander stretch his long neck down into the hole and lift out a little gosling, and put it carefully on the grass. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad A constant supply of fresh drinking water is essential and this should be provided in drinking fountains or dishes such that the goslings cannot get their feet or bodies in them. Ducks and Geese “Nor a gosling,” murmured Pepé; “and a gosling only betrays himself by trying to sing.” Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The goose, as wise as a goose can be, stared at the speaker; tossed her head on one side, gave a loud quack, and returned to comfort her goslings, who were fluttering in every direction. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. The goose and the gander together take good care of their goslings. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks He lifted a gosling right out of my well. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad The most common methods of brooding goslings are the use of geese, of chicken hens or of artificial means. Ducks and Geese After he had been on the moor two days, there came two wild geese, or rather goslings, for they had not been out of the egg long, and were very saucy. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A negroling," replied Uncle Juvinell with a smile, "is to a full-grown negro what a gosling is to a full-grown goose. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief When she hatched out a brood of goslings, Swanny took the best of care of them, as well as of their mother. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks One day Nurse went into the goose-house and brought out ten little goslings. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Some goose raisers do not depend upon heated brooders at all, especially when only a few goslings are to be brooded. Ducks and Geese So matters sped till Grettir was ten years old, when, one day, his father told him to go and watch the geese on the farm, fifty of them, besides many goslings. The Book of Romance "A gosling negro, I suppose," was Charlie's answer; and then he asked, "Did old Hobby go on teaching school after little George left him?" The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief Then the geese made their nests in the trees, where the rats could not get at them; and when the goslings were hatched, they brought them down one by one under their wings. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks “Oh, yes, he is,” said Nurse, “he takes care of the goslings.” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad This enclosure can be easily shifted to a new position each day thus giving the goslings fresh ground and fresh grass. Ducks and Geese And what kind of intelligent judgment on this matter, on which my life or death might depend, could this whisky-crazed young gosling be capable of exercising? The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Having pecked his brothers and sisters, he tried to do the same to his playmates, the ducklings, goslings, and young turkeys, and was so disagreeable that all the fowls hated him. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Sure," said the woman, "it is the goose whose life she saved when it was a little gosling. Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks Now she thought it meant, "Let my daughter Patience have a sambler to work;" and she cleared the clouds off her little face, and went dancing out to see the new goslings. Little Grandmother It should have a board floor and be capable of being closed so as to protect the goslings from their enemies, but without cutting off ventilation. Ducks and Geese Occasionally one of these gosling marriages turns out all right, but it is a clear case of luck. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Many of the nests have old birds standing beside them, each occupied in feeding its solitary chick, duckling, gosling, or whatever the penguin offspring may be properly called. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure This morning a gosling from the old school—a Sophomore—came in and visited with me for a few minutes, on the strength of the fact that he knew my baby brother in high school. At Good Old Siwash When the hen-wife plucks the goose's bosom it makes her nestle more closely to her goslings. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 It is sometimes claimed that the eggs of young geese will not hatch but this is untrue and goslings have been raised from such eggs. Ducks and Geese Suddenly they came to a spot where five or six geese and a few goslings were waddling about. The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 The admiral visited several countries, in which abounded goslings, ducks, herons, and those dumb dogs which the natives eat, as we should kids, and which were probably either almigui or racoons. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World They were very like goslings, covered with a dark thick down. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Even the young goslings of six weeks' old are deprived of their tail feathers, in order, as it is said, to accustom them to this cruel operation. Mamma's Stories about Birds Like chicks or ducks, goslings do not need to be fed as soon as hatched, the yolk of the eggs providing all the nourishment they need for at least 36 hours. Ducks and Geese Owen and Amy ran back, followed by Alan, who told them, that, if he had hit the gander with his stick, he would have frightened the goslings. The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 But had you asked a little while ago, I should have said a camel; then your hump Dissolved, and you became a gosling plump, Downy and white and warm— Cloud:What! The Book of Humorous Verse He never did murder, like—never mind whom, Nor poisoned relations, like—some in this room; Nor deceived the young ladies, like—men whom I see, Nor even intrigued with a gosling, like—me. The History of "Punch" Once upon a time there were three goslings who were greatly afraid of the wolf; for if he found them he would eat them. Italian Popular Tales This coupled with the fact that they are relatively free from disease and are not much troubled with insect pests makes it possible to raise a large per cent of the thrifty goslings hatched. Ducks and Geese Youth spiritual is like a gosling of yellow down, age spiritual is an eagle of great wings.... The Wind Bloweth That, being made gooseherd, and finding the birds troublesome, he knocks them about, killing some goslings, may not be an unpardonable atrocity. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) In the anteroom, where the clients usually assemble, your janitor has got a lot of geese and goslings, which waddle about under foot. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections The goslings thanked the man and took the straw and went away to a meadow, and there they built a lovely little house, with a door, and balconies, and kitchen, with everything, in short. Italian Popular Tales At this time, if hatched with a hen the goslings should be examined carefully on the head and neck to see whether there are any head lice present. Ducks and Geese It is true that of diminutives very many still survive, in all our four terminations of such, as ‘hillock’, ‘streamlet’, ‘lambkin’, ‘gosling’; but those which have perished are many more. English Past and Present And then, Cat, think of my feelings as a father last night, when my dear boy came home with the very young gosling which was marked for the Michaelmas dinner! Short Studies on Great Subjects Friendly communion, in any case, there could not be: already has the young Teufelsdröckh left the other young geese; and swims apart, though as yet uncertain whether he himself is cygnet or gosling. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History The two poor little goslings began to cry and beg their sister to open the door and let them in; if she did not, the wolf would eat them. Italian Popular Tales Not too much grease should be used as it may prove harmful to the goslings. Ducks and Geese O, no! it had the softest little feminine quackle, for all the world like a downy young gosling; and Mrs. Salsify said she would have it called Goslina, it quackled so sweetly. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems He had capsized the goslings, and shipwrecked the young ducks, and drowned the kitten which he imagined a whale, and I said: There is the original Adam coming to the surface. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Geese should sit so as to hatch their young when the moon waxes and not when it wanes, for, otherwise, the goslings would not thrive. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales The gosling said: "I will not open for you, because you will eat me." Italian Popular Tales Some growers prefer to feed the grit or sand in a hopper to which the goslings have constant access and from which they can help themselves. Ducks and Geese He began to distribute the bonbons among the geese, and they, with much liberality and good-will, among the goslings. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know The last time he was in here I know the crowd was teasing him because his voice was in the gosling stage. Dixie Hart "Your business hours, you young gosling, with your shell still hanging about you!" cried Hippus, still more irate, and threw himself on the sofa. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag And indeed he did blow down the house and ate up the gosling. Italian Popular Tales Artificial methods are very successful with goslings much more so in fact than are artificial methods of hatching the eggs. Ducks and Geese Then came the goslings—a long procession of awkward, half-feathered things; they appeared equally delighted. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know At last, in her grief, she went out, and the youngest gosling ran beside her. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew He thought he could hatch some goslings as well as the mother-goose. Stories of Great Inventors Fulton, Whitney, Morse, Cooper, Edison The wolf, well satisfied, saluted the gosling and went away. Italian Popular Tales Some goose raisers prefer to use artificial means of brooding, especially if they have only a few goslings and are brooding at the same time some chicks or ducklings. Ducks and Geese Bright turf-born gosling of the field, Teach us to smile, and give A perfume from a fragrant soul, That on and on shall live. Our Profession and Other Poems But the goslings soon perceived, by the rough voice, that it was the wolf. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew It is really a fact that goslings are extremely fond of the herb. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure When it was two o'clock the wolf came and said: "Come, gosling, open the door." Italian Popular Tales A suitable roomy coop should be provided to which the goslings with their mother, either hen or goose, can be moved when the hatch is completed. Ducks and Geese Then gray-haired pappus, downy, soft, Follows with pistils loose, And the gosling of the early spring Becomes a white-fledged goose. Our Profession and Other Poems The little goslings cried, "Show us your paws first, that we may see whether you are indeed our mother." The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew “Look at that fuzzy gosling with the yellow pants!” The Young Pitcher A little while after, the gosling said to the wolf: "Would you like to try a bit of macaroni to see whether it is well cooked?" Italian Popular Tales The coop should be so constructed by means of a slatted front or otherwise, that the hen can be confined and the goslings allowed to range. Ducks and Geese "I'll never," says Coriolanus, "Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As if a man were author of himself, And knew no other kin." Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters had tied his hair with a broad black ribbon. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book To a goose one day a gosling came. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 He knocked at the door and the gosling said: "Who is knocking at the door?" Italian Popular Tales This will not only help to keep the goslings dry but will also serve to protect them from their enemies during the night. Ducks and Geese A pen of young turkey poults, a flock of goslings, and a sty full of infant pigs were next on exhibition. The Luckiest Girl in the School A gosling from such a flock does become something of a real swan by getting into Parliament. Phineas Finn The Irish Member The nutriment of goslings rather transcending Tommy's observations in natural history, he feigned to understand this question in an exclamatory rather than an interrogatory sense, and became absorbed in winding up his top. Scenes of Clerical Life Then he went away and came at last to the house of the second gosling, and everything happened as to the first, the wolf blew down the house and ate the gosling. Italian Popular Tales Do not crowd the goslings; give them plenty of room. Ducks and Geese When the Oak puts on his goslings gray, 'Tis time to sow barley, night or day. Arbor Day Leaves A Complete Programme For Arbor Day Observance, Including Readings, Recitations, Music, and General Information So was it to the brood of little yellow goslings, waddling after their mother. Ole Mammy's Torment He soon grew to like eating the young goslings and chickens, and began to climb the fence, and look longingly at the young pigs. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 The next day the gosling got up early and went and bought the meal and then returned home and shut the house. Italian Popular Tales Growing goslings are quite susceptible to extreme heat and will not make as good growth if not provided with shade. Ducks and Geese Will you sit by the fire and make goslings in the ashes with a stick, as children do? Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens Their starved pig or two, together with a few wandering goslings, besides involving them in perpetual altercations with their neighbours, are dearly paid for in care, time, and bought food. A Short History of English Agriculture There were great numbers of geese and goslings; the geese not being able to fly at this season. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. A little later the wolf came and knocked at the door and said: "Come, gosling, open the door, for I have brought you the butter and cheese!" Italian Popular Tales If for any reason it is necessary to confine growing goslings, they should be provided with good grass yards or runs and their coops or shelters should be moved to a fresh location frequently. Ducks and Geese I was young then, and as green as a juvenile gosling. The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for That day, the geese made a solemn vow, Which their faithful children keep till now, That, never shall goose or gosling look At any school-master or his book. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated This gosling told his tale with grief, And the gray goose sobbed in her handkerchief, And sighed—"Ah, well, we will have to go And let the neighbors know." Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors Then the two goslings went away and found a man who had a load of hay. Italian Popular Tales Goslings are remarkably free from disease and a very large percentage of all strong goslings hatched should be reared. Ducks and Geese "How early do goslings begin to know a great many things, if not more?" The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for That one eye, extra keen and fierce, caught sight of Young Grumpy, and probably mistook him for an immense rat, thief of eggs and murderer of goslings. Children of the Wild Then the gray goose got six heavy stones, And placed them in between the bones; She sewed him deftly, with needle and thread, And then with her goslings fled. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors The goslings, well pleased, thanked the man and carried the hay to a meadow and built a very pretty little house, prettier than the other. Italian Popular Tales If the goslings cannot secure it for themselves a supply of grit or gravel should be placed at their disposal. Ducks and Geese So said his mother; but then every goose thinks her own gosling a swan. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk He blocked up the stiles with stones and prickly shrubs, so that not even a gosling could squeeze under them nor a giant climb over. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories And after that, in thankful pride, With goslings seven at her side, The gray goose came to the river's brink Each day to swim and drink. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors The gosling, well pleased, thanked the man and went into the house and remained there. Italian Popular Tales Green geese are goslings about 12 to 16 weeks old, generally of the larger breeds, which are forced for rapid growth and are made to weigh in the neighborhood of 10 pounds at that age. Ducks and Geese I shall not begin to forget it now, and I hope to make the Delilah useful in the campaign; for there are goslings here, more than you would believe. Trumps And so she made a hole in it; but instead of a gosling out came a baby, but it was awfully ugly, and had a big head and a tiny little body. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know And the goslings piped up, clear and shrill, "We'll take great care, we will." Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors Then the gosling took a knife and cut open the wolf's stomach, and out jumped the other goslings, who were still alive, for the wolf was so greedy that he had swallowed them whole. Italian Popular Tales If any are found the heads and necks of the goslings must be greased with a little lard or vaseline. Ducks and Geese The grand stand was graced by several eminent and capacious geese; nor was the infantine simplicity of numerous promising young goslings wanting to complete the delightful ensemble. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 But at last they agreed that it should belong to them all, and that they should sit on it as the geese do and hatch a gosling. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know But up on the window ledge he laid, In a careless way, his great black paw, And this the goslings saw. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors When it was finished the largest gosling said: "Now I want to see whether one is comfortable in this house." Italian Popular Tales When hatching is done simultaneously with geese and hens it is the practice of some raisers to give all the goslings hatched to the geese to rear. Ducks and Geese Then came the goslings—a long procession of awkward, half-feathered things: they appeared equally delighted. Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas There were seven sorts of soup, then patties of capon, and the ham of the wild boar; then partridge, pheasant, peacock, bittern, heron, bustard, gosling, woodcock and swan. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees "Mrs. Goose," he said, "I wonder That your goslings you should let Go out paddling in the water; It will kill them to get wet." McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader The man pitied the gosling so much that he said: "Yes, yes, good gosling, or rather I will build your house for you." Italian Popular Tales Not over 6 or 8 goslings should be given to a hen to brood. Ducks and Geese A little further on Evelyn met three goslings straying under the flowering laburnums, and she returned them to their mother in the orchard. Sister Teresa One, for instance, may select an aged gander for its wisdom, knowing that the youthful gosling is proverbially "green." At a Winter's Fire "The young gosling hasn't ventured into such deep water as I thought," murmured the happy father, as he stood listening to Fritz's footsteps re-echoing through the empty corridors. Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories The wolf looked everywhere for these goslings, but could not find them. Italian Popular Tales It is very desirable to get the goslings out on grass as soon as possible. Ducks and Geese In a row, then, these selfsame knee-pans did kneel before the king; who eyed them as eagles in air do goslings on dunghills; or hunters, hounds crouching round their calves. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I When I got back where George was, the big bird was still busy catching goslings. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives Sylvia has been sending bouquets to the gosling who was her escort on the evening of her Commencement—him of the duck trousers and webbed feet. Aftermath "Very good," said the gosling, "bring them then." Italian Popular Tales A goose with goslings is often allowed to have her liberty but many raisers prefer to confine her to a coop the same as when a hen is used. Ducks and Geese “We have got to get under cover of some kind before they reach the edge of the woods, or we are gone goslings,” panted Hal. The Boy Allies on the Firing Line Or, Twelve Days Battle Along the Marne That day we boys climbed up on the mill shed to watch the swans in Bledsoe Creek and we soon noticed a great big fish hawk catching the goslings. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives A gosling, who had not yet begun to blanch, was accosted by a chicken just out of the shell: "Whither away so fast, fair maid?" inquired the chick. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull While he was gone the gosling prepared the macaroni, and put it on the fire to cook in a kettle full of water. Italian Popular Tales For this purpose any brooder utilized for chicks or ducks can be used for goslings. Ducks and Geese So some time after this, wayfaring men found the goslings strewn about dead, and the home-geese broken-winged; and this was in autumn. The Story of Grettir the Strong The gate of the Red Tower had been left open for our entrance; and so soon as the birds were in the snare, it was shut, and the silly goslings trapped. Red Axe The trees, which near the lake had, owing to the coldness and tardiness of the season, presented the pale-yellow appearance of unfledged goslings, were here bursting into full leaf. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest On the first point he requires the slave who buys his geese to select them of good size and of white plumage, because they reproduce their own qualities in their goslings. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro Where there are only a few goslings they may be put with a brood of ducks as long as they need heat. Ducks and Geese Surely as winter comes, shall I Twist the goslings' necks awry. The Story of Grettir the Strong For Mamma Goose had a whole dozen of the dearest little goslings, and she was very proud of them. The Wise Mamma Goose The young ones cannot use their wings for flight until many months after they are hatched, being covered, during that time, with only a blackish down, like that of a gosling. The Illustrated London Reading Book Any gosling of a girl knows that without having to be told. Round Anvil Rock A Romance When goslings which are being artificially brooded are put out during the day on the grass, they should be confined at first. Ducks and Geese His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters had tied his hair with a broad black riband. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V The goslings could hunt for their breakfasts almost as well as their mother, while little Red Hen had to scratch up every thing her children ate. The Wise Mamma Goose From time to time awkward goslings there swam, and ofttimes the graceful swan. The Tarn of Eternity "Hold your jaw, you gosling, or I'll hit you instead," retorted the man. Boyhood in Norway The goslings should be fed 3 or preferably 4 times daily until they are 2 or 3 weeks old. Ducks and Geese So, slow Boôtes underneath him sees In th' icy isles those goslings hatch'd of trees; Whose fruitful leaves, falling into the water, Are turn'd, they say, to living fowls soon after. The Compleat Angler They did not like to be in the water at all, but the goslings loved their morning bath in the brook better than anything else in the whole day. The Wise Mamma Goose They bamboozle a green gosling out of his birthright on Monday; that's business. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 A young theological gosling, who has since died of excessive goodness, preferred a charge of cruelty to animals against me, and my neighbor sued for the price of his china and got judgment. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 So many of those young goslings believe that. The University of Hard Knocks He had soon put Hilda into the background and was busy with his plans for revenge upon Ganser—"a vulgar animal who insulted me when I honored him by marrying his ugly gosling." The Fortune Hunter Yes, her goslings were by far the finer babies! The Wise Mamma Goose Because I decline to get in among the goslings and be piloted about the intellectual goose-pond, I'm told that I have no POLICY. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Always when winter is coming on I like to wring the goslings' necks. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga If the season were backward, at the time appointed for whitewashing or soap-making, so much the worse for the season; if the unhatched goslings were slain by thunder, she laid the blame on the thunder. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home It was birth and brightness for all nature, even for chirping chickens and waddling goslings, and it was to be death and burial for poor, foolish, generous, delightful Bellegarde. The American She was afraid that before long something dreadful might happen to the goslings, and once more she settled herself to think. The Wise Mamma Goose The young goslings get wonted to each other, and first thing you know they're tied up until death or divorce doth them part. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 There were fifty of them, and a number of goslings. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Could it be that a flash of pleasure beamed on Miss Tarlingford's face? or was I a deluded gosling? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 People talk about death as the gosling might about life before it chips its egg. A Rough Shaking Besides, the goslings had been in the water long enough. The Wise Mamma Goose You are a goose or a gosling, whichever you like best, for I perceive you are in great anxiety lest my poor little imagination should not have been completely set to rights. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Before long he began to find them troublesome, and the goslings would not come on quickly enough. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Every bird would return to the place which had for it the sweet associations of its gosling innocence. Two Summers in Guyenne And I was the awkwardest gosling of them all. The Mountebank If the fox would not go near old Fido's house, then he could not find the goslings if they hid inside. The Wise Mamma Goose I said yesterday to Ned, who was minding some goslings, "You have got your hands full," when I saw him look down and open his hand. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Soon afterwards some wanderers found the goslings lying outside dead, and the geese with their wings broken. Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga In vain he struggles with a sentiment which he himself describes as 'a gosling's instinct,' and seeks to subdue it. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Oh! how we leap it, while our mistresses are selling their goslings and other poultry! Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Mamma Goose, too, was just as glad as the rest, for now she knew that she would never need to bother herself to think about the goslings again. The Wise Mamma Goose The goslings are as much trouble to raise here as turkeys are at home. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha We are like to eat no great store of goslings this year; therefore, friend, reach me some of that roasted pig there. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 "To-morrow, Marfinka," said the old lady, "we will entertain our guest with a gosling, pickled pork, carrots, and perhaps with a goose." The Precipice Most frequently he is only a foolish gosling, but the father insists on finding on him an eagle's plumes. The Grip of Desire The goslings were now so used to flying that they complained no more of fatigue, and the boy was fast recovering his good humour. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils To add to the discomfort there were sixteen goslings hemmed in by boxes in a corner near the door. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha If you were to go from hence to Cahusac, whether had you rather, ride on a gosling or lead a sow in a leash? Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 O Swan! thy critical cygnets are but goslings. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. This rapidity of growth appears surprising, and realizes the remark of Walton, that "the salmlet becomes a salmon in as short a time as a gosling becomes a goose." The Book of Household Management The six goslings which had accompanied the flock the autumn before had now left to look after themselves. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils With which may be compared another piece of weather-lore:— "When the oak puts on his gosling grey, 'Tis time to sow barley night or day." The Folk-lore of Plants Everything attracted the new landowner: planting the bulbs and watching the flight of rooks and starlings, sowing the clover, and the goose hatching out her goslings. Letters of Anton Chekhov The spotted-leaf orchis flowers, which grow in moist and shady meads, lifting their purplish heads among the early spring grass, are called by the children "gran'fer goslings." The Life of the Fields "He that will meddle with all things, may go shoe the goslings." Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Instead, the old geese were taking with them twenty-two goslings that had grown up in the glen that summer. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils That is because, in simple phrase," said Dame Ursula, "thou knowest no more of a woman's heart than doth a Norfolk gosling. The Fortunes of Nigel The gosling was naturally a strong little thing, and, thanks to Dan's nursing, was soon able to limp around the shed that had been converted into a hospital. A District Messenger Boy and a Necktie Party There lie the goose and the young gosling," said Harry, "and want no looking after. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm This makes a proud addition to my hitherto rather small list of game, which now comprises jack-rabbits, a badger, a fierce gosling, an antelope, and a thin, attenuated coyote, that I bowled over in Utah. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran And she was quite right, for when the goslings had flown two hours longer, they complained no more of being tired. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Mankind was destroyed, except such as fled into the seas and lakes, and there plunged into the water, and lived like "goslings." Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Let him make up his mind to win a woman and she was a gone gosling. Europe Revised I really have no time; if I don't mind my own business, I shall be a plucked gosling; and that would go to his, lordship's heart. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 I blaze away at them, and a poor inoffensive gosling is no more. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Now, at last, the goslings' wings had grown, so that the geese could start for the south. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils When they got home, Kit and Kat took their Grandmother to see the new goslings, and to see the ducklings too. The Dutch Twins Once when a Viceroy was on tour there was a roast gosling for dinner. The Days Before Yesterday The attendants have turned the entrance hall where the petitioners usually wait into a poultry yard, and the geese and goslings go poking their beaks between people's legs. The Inspector-General This goose was called Old Mother Hatchie and the Fox had never carried her off because he knew she was always hatching out goslings for his table. The King of Ireland's Son "They don't show such fear of the other goslings." The Wonderful Adventures of Nils First came the geese, looking very indignant, and the goslings. The Dutch Twins His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters had tied his hair with a broad black ribband. The Vicar of Wakefield But we do not find it in the noisy tribe of goslings green who would fain be thought of the nightingale species. Poems There is another version in which the impertinent gosling goes to tell the fox something her mother has said, and is caught; and there may be other versions. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Down there in the glen Gorgo passed the summer in company with the little goslings, and was a good comrade for them. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils They had crossed the bridge and were just turning down the road, when what should they see but their old goose and gander walking along the road, followed by six little goslings! The Dutch Twins There was once a goose-girl of the plain who tried honestly to drive her geese to market, but one eccentric and willful gosling— Mr. Hathaway! A Ward of the Golden Gate Armed with a kernel of corn, the doughty gosling sets forth to catch the wicked fox that is preying on the flock! The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life I should as soon think of eating the Square Baby, stuffed with sage and onion and garnished with green apple-sauce, as the yellow duckling or the idiot gosling. The Diary of a Goose Girl Since he regarded himself as a gosling, he tried to live as they lived; when they swam in the lake he followed them until he came near drowning. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Then the old goose and the gander and all the little goslings started slowly along the road for home, saying cross words in Goose talk all the way! The Dutch Twins "Well, we have wasted more time than is worth while over this young, wild gosling," laughed Albert. Mae Madden In face of the odds, few goslings would volunteer. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Several goslings leaned languidly against the netting, or supported themselves by the edge of the water-dish, while others staggered and reeled about with eyes half closed. The Diary of a Goose Girl "We haven't room in our heads for any more of those awful names!" shrieked the goslings. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Thin sheets of it, like pieces of broken glass, were soon floating about; and the old goose, the gander, and all the goslings went down the bank in a procession into the water. The Dutch Twins Marry, whip the, gosling: I think I shall have something to do with you. Pericles Deny not.'—Let the Volsces Plough Rome and harrow Italy: I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct; but stand, As if a man were author of himself, And knew no other kin. Coriolanus For he must have dowsed ’imself as well as the goslings yesterday; anyways he was strong of paraffin and tobacco, though he ’ad ’ad a good barth. The Diary of a Goose Girl "Those goslings of yours aren't ready to fly," screamed the others. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Joe was in the seventh heaven of delight, and took to the free life as a wild gosling takes to the water. The Spirit of the Border Friendly communion, in any case, there could not be: already has the young Teufelsdrockh left the other young geese; and swims apart, though as yet uncertain whether he himself is cygnet or gosling. Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh From the time they had been little, yellow goslings, their parents and relatives and even the old fisherman had plainly shown them that they thought more of Dunfin than of them. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The weak ones get in with the strong and are in danger of being trampled; two May goslings that look almost full-grown have run into a house with a brood of ducklings a week old. The Diary of a Goose Girl So he took Dunfin and the goslings along, and made for home. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils He was often downhearted, and certainly longed many a time for the days when he thought himself a wild goose, and played with the merry goslings. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils When discovered, he was seated in front of the wire-covered “run” attached to a coop occupied by the youngest goslings. The Diary of a Goose Girl All but one of the goslings lived, like thousands of others who recover in spite of the doctors, but the Square Baby’s interest in the healing art is now perceptibly lessened. The Diary of a Goose Girl I believe she laid the egg that produced the idiot gosling! The Diary of a Goose Girl And know that these, as well as the six goslings who fly last—three to the right, and three to the left—are all high mountain geese of the finest breed! The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The day was Friday; Phœbe’s day to go to Buffington with eggs and chickens and rabbits; her day to solicit orders for ducklings and goslings. The Diary of a Goose Girl |
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