Billy the Goat

When Edwin Perkins was young, his dad did not like dogs, so he had a goat.  Edwin caught the goat wandering around the neighborhood.  It was tame.  It was a white and brown goat that he named Billy.  Some mornings his Dad (Lamar Perkins) would wake him up to get the goat off the roof.  All Edwin would have to do is whistle and that goat would get right down.  He would pull a little cart and would do fine until he got started towards home, then he would run straight home. Max, a little neighbor, liked to tease it.   If Max got close, the goat would bunt him in the seat of his pants.

 

 

(1947 Edwin Perkins)