A POMPOUS old gander who lived in a barn-yard thought himself wiser than the rest of the creatures, and so decided to instruct them.
He called together all the fowls in the barn-yard, and the pigeons off the barn-roof, and told them to listen to him.
They gathered around and listened very earnestly, for they thought they would learn a great deal of wisdom.
"The first thing for you to learn," said the gander, "is to speak my language. It...
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