RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33058, 27 October 1972, Page 19

RANDOM REMINDER

Who Knows - Someday,,,

MUNCHKINS — THE GOAT?

Munchkins is a goat that has no leanings to one sex more than another. He steers a straight course down the middle. He is usually anchored by a very heavy chain which fastens by drawing a fine metal bar through one link. If he can’t unearth the clothes line its not for want of trying, and pegs in the ground are no problem at all. One helpful neighbour thought he’d pegged him down one morning, “Wild horses won’t get that out,’’ he stated as he banged it in. Munchkins, who had been watching disinterestedly, put his head on one side and studied the challenge. Five hours later when mistress of the house

arrived home she found that what wild horses would not do had been accomplished by one gentle goat. Frantic, she rang hubby, “What shall I do? . . . Shall I report him as a traffic hazard? . . . Oh, poor, poor, Munchkins” “Take a grip on yourself,” advised hubby, “and inquire from the neighbours if anyone saw him go and can tell you the direction he favoured.” A small fence divided the properties on one side of the house, and inquiries drew a blank, yet there were several children living there and if anyone saw him go they should have done so. The house on the side farthest away from the drive-in, whose view was blocked by a

high fence, housed a pleasant elderly couple, but as there were no children at this house the friendship had not ripened more than exchange of “Good day." Young wife stood a little in awe, so it was slowly that she made her way along the footpath . . . She met the gentleman of the house coming down his walk . . . “Er ... No doubt you’ll think this quite mad . . . but . . . er . . . have you ... by any chance seen a brown goat?” He laughed. “Yes, I think you’ll find he’s there, if you go up and round the back.”

Sure enough he was ... settled down inside the living room, in front of a cosy fire, with a plate of biscuits in front of him ...