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What Is Life as Heard by a Brooklyn Lad and Goat
A vivid tale follows Paddy Sweeney and his fighting goat Tin Can as they clash with Creekers at Public School 133 in Brooklyn. After a brief chase, Paddy is arrested by Policeman Flynn, but a Children's Court judge frees him and praises Tin Can for loyalty, sending them home.
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Paddy
Tin Can
Flynn
Banks Canal
Paddy Sweeney
Douglass Street
Fourth Avenue
Can
Tin
Sweeney
Public School
Oougines Stréet
Brooklyn
Creekers
Chuck Downes
Crookers
Tin Gan
Crecker
Hie
Fifth Avenue
Chuck
Nutt
Slugg Murphy
Sheeney Ike
Pointer
Atlantic Avenue
Gowanus Canal