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AKKA FROM KEBNEKAISE
EVENING
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AKKA FROM KEBNEKAISE
EVENING
THE big tame goosey-gander that had
followed them up in the air, felt very
proud of being permitted to travel back and
forth over the south country with the wild
geese, and crack jokes with the tame birds.
But in spite of his keen delight, he began to
tire as the afternoon wore on. He tried to
take deeper breaths and quicker wing-strokes,
but even so he remained several goose-lengths
behind the others.
When the wild geese, who flew last, noticed that the tame one couldn't keep up with them, they began to call to the goose who rode in the centre of the angle and led the procession: "Akka from Kebnekaise! Akka from Kebnekaise!" "What do you want of
me?" asked the leader. "The white one will be
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