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And, when hef3 p'one, we’ll hasten home—
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Don't be a coward, sister, come !
S e c o n d Y ou no G o o s e .
Oh, sister dear, I should love to g o ;
Rut he, the old fox, is sly, you know.
Fikst Y o iJ xti G o o s e .
What if he is [ we are not afraid;
We'll show him I hat we geese arc made
O f something more than feathers. Come !
W e’ll go not very far from home.
(They walk back and forth, hand in hand— meet Fox face to face, Fox
in brown fu r cloak and hood)
Fox,

Good evening, oh, good evening ! How d’ye do?
Two charming little maids like you
Should never walk alone,
T see, my dears, you’re really quite afraid of me.
I'm not a handsome fellow, that I own,
And if you bid me, I’ll go my way alone.
Rut come, my dears, I know you will—
Come walk with me to yonder moonlit h ill;
I ’ll show you where the vine's rich clusters grow;
And you shall feast upon them— will you go?
{Aside)
1 ask these silly geese on grapes to sup,
But when I gee them safe, I ’ll eat them up !
(Geese walk ojf\ hand in hand, with Fox)

S c e n k III.
(A pen made with chairs, Young Geese kite ding within)
Y o u n g G k e s k {in chorus).
Oh, pleaue let us out, kind sir, please do,
And whatever you ask we will do for you, (Repeat)