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The Goat That Went to School

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6
Page count: 11

Author

Ellis
Credle

Appeared in

Tall Tales from the High Hills

Story Summary

Hubert desperately wants to go to school down in the valley with the other kids but he has to earn the money for his own school cloths. Picking apples for Mr. Honeycutt seems the perfect solution until Mr. Honeycutt pays Hubert with a goat. But the goat turns out to be a blessing in disguise.