wild-goose's

Updated: June 21, 2025

But a peasant-woman can at once take out her two or three ewes from the big flock that stands staring by the door indeed, she can even recognise very young lambs by their faces. Thus I believe I understand the reason for the wild-goose's order of flight better than when I thought of a plough that 'clove' the air; and, as already stated, it may well be that many have been just as wise long ago.

Alexander Lange Kielland - Norse Tales and Sketches