. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. HOW LENA FED THE LAMB. 151 " We are going a-riding," three of the little ones answered in chorus. " A-widing," echoed httle Maud, who sat upon the tail. Alas! Beppo heard my voice, and not one step further would he go. I gave Susie a large yellow carrot; she held this on a stick in front of his nose, and then he moved on. He always walked so like a snail that I feared he was infirm. But one day, when a pet mule was brought in from the ranch, I found I was mistaken. Beppo at
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. HOW LENA FED THE LAMB. 151 " We are going a-riding," three of the little ones answered in chorus. " A-widing," echoed httle Maud, who sat upon the tail. Alas! Beppo heard my voice, and not one step further would he go. I gave Susie a large yellow carrot; she held this on a stick in front of his nose, and then he moved on. He always walked so like a snail that I feared he was infirm. But one day, when a pet mule was brought in from the ranch, I found I was mistaken. Beppo at once made friends with this little colt. He was very playful, and I soon saw that Beppo could be quite as sprightly as the mule. After that, whenever I took a ride on Beppo, I let the mule come, too. We had lively runs over the broad, sunlit plains. When I left Colorado Beppo came to the depot to see me off. I am almost sure I saw tears in his big, sad eyes as I bade him HOW LENA FED THE LAMB. One morning before breakfast Lena ran into the nursery to tell mamma something dreadful. She said the dogs had broken into the sheepfold and killed ten sheep. Lena lived on a sheep farm, and played all day with the lambs. jS'ow the dogs had killed old Sukey and left her little lamb. Lena heard it bleating, and knew it was crying for its dead mamma. The lamb's teeth were too small to eat grass with, and Lena was afraid it would starve to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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