Project Gutenberg 1998-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 79 Butler, Ellis Parker 1869 1937 The Water Goats, and Other Troubles The water goats -- Mr. Billing's pockets -- Our first burglar. Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger "The Water Goats, and Other Troubles" by Ellis Parker Butler is a collection of humorous short stories written in the early 20th century. The book encapsulates various comical situations, reflecting the follies of human behavior and clever observations of everyday life. With witty writing and engaging narratives, the stories explore themes of folly, political satire, and the whimsical nature of mundane tasks. The story "The Water Goats" follows the misadventures of Alderman Michael Toole as he mistakenly believes he is responsible for acquiring exotic "dongola water goats" for a new public park. Hilarity ensues as Toole corresponds with his cousin about the goats, which he assumes swim like ducks, only to discover that they refuse to enter the water at all. Other stories in the collection also revolve around humorous misunderstandings, such as a man caught in a series of unfortunate events involving a nursing bottle, false hair, and acorns. Through his vivid characters and absurd scenarios, Butler paints a picture of the absurdities of life, leaving readers entertained and amused by the quirks of human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Humorous stories Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 127743 127752 2024-09-01T09:09:19.437383 2023-10-01T08:25:03.834913 text/html text/html 128437 2021-01-27T21:41:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 42527 2021-01-27T21:41:44 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 102340 2024-09-01T09:09:23.522317 application/epub+zip 102497 2024-09-01T09:09:20.977341 application/epub+zip 102497 2024-09-01T09:09:19.960335 application/epub+zip 240138 2024-09-01T09:09:25.589314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229636 2024-09-01T09:09:22.944314 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229878 2022-09-01T10:19:12.171814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107424 107389 2024-09-01T09:09:19.144352 2023-10-01T08:25:03.586927 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 108831 2018-03-11T10:48:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 40207 2018-03-18T05:45:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 107319 2008-09-17T15:14:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40023 2008-09-17T15:15:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20608 2024-09-01T09:09:25.726306 application/rdf+xml 17376 2024-09-01T09:09:20.389337 image/jpeg 3994 2024-09-01T09:09:20.167332 image/jpeg 102907 2024-09-01T09:09:19.450328 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia