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breakinglight11 ([personal profile] breakinglight11) wrote2010-12-25 12:01 am
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Boy goats

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.


[identity profile] marmota.livejournal.com 2010-12-25 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
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.