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white goosey-gander, the nice gray mother goose, and all the pretty goslings were dead and plucked.
"It was a poor reward you gave our goosey-gander. Mother, for coming back to us with so many nice geese," was all she dared say.
"'Twas enough at least to make all the geese on this place understand what happens to those who defy me and try to run away," Fru Raklitz retorted, a malicious smile playing round her hard mouth.
