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...GOLDEN GOAT (63 pp.)-Raymond L. Bruckberger (translated by Virgilia Peterson)-Pantheon...
...great Christian parables. Being a Frenchman and something of a man of action too (he fought in the Resistance-TIME, Aug. 11), Father Raymond L. Bruckberger tells his tale with a Gallic verve that makes his theme contemporary as well as timeless. The parable of the Golden Goat...
...once, to everybody's astonishment, the beggar became a model citizen. Though people could scarcely believe it possible, the reason seemed to be that he had found something outside himself to love: a small goat. He had found her in the hills one day. She licked his hand. He stroked her and looked into her clear dark eyes. He saw gold flames whirling in the depths. "My Golden One!" said the unworthy poor man. Although he was very poor, he bought black shoe polish to shine her little hoofs...
Sure that the goat loved him, the poor man let her visit the rich man whenever she liked. One winter day, the goat took sick. The poor man carried her to the rich man's house and let her stay there through the stormy night. The next day he waited for her to come home. He wanted her to come of her own free will, of her own free love. Being only a goat, she forgot to, and stayed at the rich man's house, while the poor man led a life of complete dejection, without even...
...year, especially touched Italian newspaper readers (see cut). The Ministry of Labor has investigated the Benevento market. But, said local Police Chief Martini: "This market has nothing to do with slavery. It is a time-accepted form of hiring farm labor for lower work, such as stable cleaning and goat watching...