Pretty Gooses
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Dr. Peter Rhea Jones tells the story about a trapper who lived in the woods. He had his wife out there in the far wilderness and they had a little baby son. After the child was born, unfortunately, the wife abandoned her son and her husband and left them out in the wilderness and returned to life in a more civilized setting. The father and the son continued to live out in the far wilderness. They never went into town. Because of his wife's betrayal, the man became increasingly bitter toward women. He never told his boy about the opposite sex and the boy never saw any girls. Finally at age twenty the necessity came for them to travel some distance to a city to buy some goods. As they were coming into the city the boy began to notice something he had never seen before all those pretty girls. And he said, "Pa, what are those?" His father, who was hostile toward women, said, "Aw, son, they're just silly gooses." They went on doing their work and buying their supplies. When they were ready to go back home, the father generously said, "Son, we're going to go back and won't be returning for a long time. I'll buy you anything you want." The boy said definitely, "Pa, how ''bout one of them gooses?"

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