now inside the
goose I felt happy I could
walk to Kilburn and
back easily.
Then my sister came into the garden.
'What are you doing with that goose?' she said.
I put my bird down and it ran off with the other
geese. 'That's the goose I want for Christmas,' I said.
'Very well. Catch it, kill it, and take it with you,'
she said.
/ Well, Mr Holmes I caught that bird, killed it and
took it with me to Kilburn. There I told my friend Maudsley
all about the diamond and he laughed and laughed. We got
a knife and opened the goose but we couldn't find the
diamond. I knew then something was wrong.
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