ARE YOU MY MOTHER GOOSE? A 4-week-old gosling named Little Miracle bonds with its Auberry 'mom.'.(MAIN NEWS)

From: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: May 11, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Diana MarcumThe Fresno Bee

AUBERRY -- Bill and Norma Fonti and their neighbor Oren Teel are pondering the problem of a gosling who thinks Norma is its mother.

"Well, Norma, maybe you should just leave it in a box down by the pond," Teel says.

"It would have to be a pretty big box. He's lively," muses Norma Fonti, 79. "And anyway, Oren, I already tried to leave him down there. I ran just as fast as I could and he was right behind me through ...

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