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These were strangers, not of his flock, but he was so happy that he began to hum just because he had come across wild geese. He peeped into another bit of brushwood. There at last he saw two that were familiar. It was certainly Neljä that was nesting there, and the goosey-gander who stood beside her was surely Kolme. Why, of course!
Some thirty geese, in regular order, flew rapidly southward. There was a rustling of feathers and the many wings beat the air so noisily that one could scarcely hear one's own voice. Akka from Kebnekaise flew in the lead; after her came Yksi and Kaksi, Kolme and Neljä, Viisi and Kuusi, Morten Goosey-Gander and Dunfin.
After that she walked around and awakened Yksi and Kaksi, Kolme and Neljä, Viisi and Kuusi, and, last of all, she gave Thumbietot a nudge with her bill that startled him. "What is it, Mother Akka?" he asked, springing up in alarm. "Nothing serious," assured the leader-goose.
He does not understand us: we do not understand him!" Then the boy rose and went over to Akka; he stroked her and patted her. He did the same to Yksi and Kaksi, Kolme and Neljä, Viisi and Kuusi the old birds who had been his companions from the very start. After that he walked farther up the strand.
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