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Girls Take Stolen Goat For Walk

Girls Take Stolen Goat

First Posted: 08/30/11 10:57 AM ET Updated: 10/30/11 06:12 AM ET

Associated Press

MANKATO, Minn. -- Everything went according to plan for two pajama-clad stepsisters who took a goat they'd freed from a Minnesota zoo for a late-night walk.

Until they told the Mankato police officer who stopped them about 11:30 p.m. Saturday that the animal lived in their bedroom closet.

The stepsisters, ages 6 and 7, said they regularly took the goat out for late-night walks because Dad didn't know their mother had bought it two weeks earlier.

The unconvinced officer walked the girls home, where their parents explained they'd attended a birthday party at the Sibley Park Zoo earlier that day. That's when they hatched a plan to take one of the goats home.

 
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outasite
ipsa scientia potestas est
06:53 PM on 09/10/2011
Young ladies, mat hat's off to you both; for your courage, commitment, and overall cuteness.
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breezyxoxomarie
10:10 PM on 09/09/2011
This story is too adorable. XD
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Amalek
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10:40 PM on 09/04/2011
People in my village understand you do not mess around with Amalek's goat.
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Dede Eagleburger
Beauty is in the eye of the makeup brush holder
11:45 AM on 08/31/2011
This sounds like a Disney movie waiting to happen! (or maybe it already has!)
From the last paragraph, it could be read that the parents hatched the plan, not the kids? LOL..gotta be careful overusing those pronouns ;-)
07:51 AM on 08/31/2011
What were two children, aged 6 and 7 doing at almost midnight, outside, unsupervised ?

It's not cute or fun (least of all for the goat), but alarming.

The kids weren't "good hearted", but selfish brats who stole someone else's animal for their own pleasure, not caring about its welfare. Children of school age shouldn't steal in the first place. They're old enough to know they shouldn't take what doesn't belong to them.
Not everything little chlidren do should be put down to "kids will be kids".
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CarlIII
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11:25 AM on 08/31/2011
This shows the difference between Liberals and Conservatives. You stated perfectly the reaction of most conservatives to this cute little story. I as a die hard Liberal see it completely different. First of all Mankato Minnesota does not sound like a crime ridden city. Those little girls were in no harm. I'm sure their parents have laid down some new rules.. The Cop saw them and took them home. That's why we have police. Then you decided that these little darlings were "Selfish Brats" because they stole a goat. I think it was as cute as it can be. If I was the Zoo director and their parents agreed, I would give them the goat to take care of. 6 and 7 year olds are not thieves but naive darlings with a touch of style and daring. I think they are just cool kids.
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whoknew222
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03:53 AM on 09/01/2011
They steal a goat that belonged to a zoo when one could have easily and inexpensively been acquired, hid it in a closet where it eats, relieves itself and sleeps, walked it only in the middle of the night when being outdoors most of the time is in it's best interest and you think this behavior should be rewarded by the zoo giving them the goat? A closet is no place for a goat, being out unsupervised late at night is never a place for two small girls (no matter how safe it seems to you), a parent abetting and condoning such activity is at the very least corrupting the morals of a minor(s), hiding this from the father is undermining his authority as a parent puts his parental rights in peril, and this is all ok by you.
No wonder kids have no respect for the law, peoples rights, animal rights or morals anymore. The only new rule I see being set down following your guidelines is to not get caught. Outrageous and unbelievable.
I can only hope your post is a joke to get a reaction and sincerly hope people follow your opinion blindly, trailing their innocent children behind them.
Nothing about stealing is cute.
05:16 PM on 09/04/2011
Seriously? I am a die hard liberal and I live in one of the safest states in the country and I would NEVER allow my 6 year old daughter out at 11:30 at night! Are you even a parent?? That is the craziest thing I have ever heard! And while I agree that a 6 year old who steals is not a selfish brat or indending for it to be malicious (they probably loved the goat and felt bad for it, and thought they were doing it a favor), my 6 year old would never be left unsupervised long enough to steal a goat from the zoo! Where were the parents?? This has nothing to do with liberals and conseratives... it has to do with those who have a brain, and those who don't.... those who are good parents, and those who are not.
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03:02 PM on 09/04/2011
Lighten up! These kids were six and seven and don't yet have the sense God gave a goose. That is the way of small children. You, on the other hand, presumably have reached adulthood but alas, have not yet gained the sense of a goose. I suspect they cared greatly about the welfare of the goat but at six and seven, they don't yet know what that is any more than a six year old knows how to care for a baby bird that falls from a nest, yet they want to try, it is a nurturing instinct. My mother spent a lot of time instructing me in what to do and what not to do. She never once mentioned caring for a goat. Learning comes from a series of experiences, some successes and a whole lot of mistakes. These kids chose wrong and no doubt have learned their lesson, that's how growing up works.
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joannetheresa
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10:33 PM on 08/30/2011
awwwwwwww such a nice gesture on the part of the girls----but please tell me y were they out so late at nite????//
08:54 PM on 08/30/2011
I'm glad to hear they are were good hearted lil girls,,, To cute
08:50 PM on 08/30/2011
I think that is so cute..I can just see them takn their new pet goat out too.. I feel sorry that their lil hearts were in the right place only to get broken cause they couldn't keep the goat.. I hope their Mom goes out and get's them a pet they can have fun with. Like a lil type of dog, Maybe a hotdog or a lil chihuaua type of dog.. You know they meant no harm doing this. How could anyone say anything bad about these two lil cuties for having a good heart..
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360Dunk
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08:35 PM on 08/30/2011
Nice security at the zoo. Do they at least keep the komodo dragons locked up and safe from six year olds?
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rightasrain
06:33 PM on 08/30/2011
I swear that's cute. Six and seven. Yes, they understand what taking something means. But, maybe at that age they had every intention of taking it back. They merely "borrowed" it to give it some fun time. Suppose they coud pay a penalty for taking it and then lying? How about helping to feed and water the zoo goats for a day? How about mucking stalls or loafing areas for a while?Lets not make a mountain out of this. If they were middle school, yeah, maybe. All kids love animals. Expecailly the ones they can't have; farm animals. They're a real novelty.
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cebu98
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06:20 PM on 08/30/2011
Isn't 11:00 a bit laste for such young girls to be out by themselves? Oh wait, the goat was their chaperone!
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cebu98
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06:16 PM on 08/30/2011
Nice kids, talking an old goat for a walk!
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Aardvaark
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01:14 AM on 09/05/2011
So, how did Hugh Hefner get there? O.K., dumb joke.
05:14 PM on 08/30/2011
If the kid's got taken would they ask the goat what happend ? I bet the goat would say i dont naaaaaaaaaaaa naaaaaaaaaaaa
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moonlightesq
05:11 PM on 08/30/2011
Cute, they were trying to freed the goat, who probably begged them earlier in the day to get him outta there...baaaaah
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hiitthedirtboys
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04:44 PM on 08/30/2011
Doctor I feel like a goat. How long have you felt like that? ..... Since I was a kid...
LOL : )__
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Dede Eagleburger
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11:40 AM on 08/31/2011
LMAO!!!! F/F