A book in two parts by a Western practitioner of Zen Buddhism. The first part, …
The goose was to be extricated without harm from the bottle; the solution to my problem was punctually to be presented to the Society. The answer came in triumph, “There, the goose is out!” There, the problem is solved! All I had to do was find a pencil and paper and jot down my notes. I merely had to put in words the thing I didn’t know.
— The goose is out by William John Gabb (Page 33)
― Gabb W. J., ‘Chapter 5 - The Magic of the Koan’, The Goose is Out, The Buddhist Society, 1956, p.33