Boy goats

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Years ago when I read Robinson Crusoe, I remember being very irked by a moment when Robinson is milking a goat and refers to the goat as "him." A boy goat doesn't give milk, I grumbled. But I just read that apparently boy goats sometimes do give milk. Huh. I wonder if Daniel Defore know that, or if it was just a lucky mistake.

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[marmota.livejournal.com]

Robinson Crusoe is also apparently a marsupial... he strips down to swim out to the wreck of his ship, then puts things in his pockets.