This Goat And The Boy

The goat stoort by the bill-board, And he torc a yard or bo From the gayly-eolored bilis whlch wen1 To advertise the show. And as he chewcd refleetively, With a qulet, soulful joy, Another person there appeared - An unsnspccting boy. He Ud not we the animal, Whieii rampant Joth appear With forc fcet on the oaken keg Whieh ho!ds the springtide beer. But he gazed upon the poster9, And his young heart fllled with glee, For his means would gain him entranee To the upper gallery. The eaprioorn, however. Saw tlie boy, and straightway he Left bis meal and bied liim tliitherward With great velocity. The boy went thraugh the bill-board, But the goat, uumoved by that, With placid mein stood still and ate The bov's abandoued hat.