. In happy far-away land . down in the water, a poor cat swimming about wildly and crying mostpiteously. He knew that in a little while the cold water would chill her sothat she could swim no longer, and as there was no way for her to climb out,she must drown unless help came. Quickly he seized the well-rope, and, wrapping it about one leg so thathe should not slip down too fast, he slid down into the narrow well and man-aged to pick up the poor, frightened cat, though he was wet to the skin indoing so. Then he climbed up the rope, and after giving Dapple-Gray a 48 THE WHITE KNIGHT drink, he r
. In happy far-away land . down in the water, a poor cat swimming about wildly and crying mostpiteously. He knew that in a little while the cold water would chill her sothat she could swim no longer, and as there was no way for her to climb out,she must drown unless help came. Quickly he seized the well-rope, and, wrapping it about one leg so thathe should not slip down too fast, he slid down into the narrow well and man-aged to pick up the poor, frightened cat, though he was wet to the skin indoing so. Then he climbed up the rope, and after giving Dapple-Gray a 48 THE WHITE KNIGHT drink, he rode away, wet as he was, for he said to himself that half the morn-ing was gone already and he had not done one great deed yet, so that he hadno time to stay to dry his clothes. As he rode along, the children ran after him as far as they could, and, before he was out of hearing,they had made a song and weresinging it, for in Far AwayLand even the children can make songs—and that, too,very quickly. This is whatthey sang :. Ding, dong, bell!Pussys in the put her in?Little Johnny pulled her out?Big Tom Stout. Oh ! what a naughty boy was that,To drown his grandmas pussy-cat!Who never did him any harm,But caught the rats in grandpas barn. Alberic was nowhere tobe seen when Tom reachedthe highway, and Tom thoughtit too hot to gallop Dapple-Gray, so he rode along slowly,his eyes wide open and his ears alert, for he wanted very much to meet with a chanceto do a great deed in the name of the King. He had not gone very far when he saw a greatrough beam lying in the roadway. Cruel nails stood out from it, and Tomknew that if one of them should pierce a horses foot, the poor horse wouldbe lame for many a day. Dapple-Grays bright eyes saw the beam, andDapple-Gray leaped over it, but Tom thought of the harm the nails mightdo to some horse whose eyes were not so sharp, and he said to himself thathe must lift the beam out of the way. He sighed as he saw how high the THE WH
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