1.   But at this time of the year brent geese are also to be found foraging.

2.   Fresh goose is difficult to find except for during the holiday season, but frozen goose can be purchased the year around.

3.   The dark-bellied brent goose is small, neat and sooty black, with white neck streaks and a white stern.

4.   The old grey goose is dead.

5.   And geese are avid breeders.

6.   As long as that golden goose is handing out monthly checks, why work?

7.   As far as the goose was concerned, that was only the beginning.

8.   A goose is terrific for family guests if the family happens to be named Cratchit.

9.   But a well-fattened goose was a festive Eastern European Jewish tradition around Hanukkah time that crossed the Atlantic with the immigrants a century ago.

10.   But the cackling geese who lived there gave him away, and the goose has been his symbol ever since.