. The runaway donkey, and other rhymes for children . Barney Gray was sent to pasture With the lambs and sheep,There to run and roll in freedom, Kick and prance and leap. Still more lonely then was Rollo, But he, too, found joy,For the care of him was given To the farmers boy. In the golden summer weather, Happy little JackDrove the pasture daily, On the ponys back. Down the road the cattle straggled; — If they turned aside,Then would Jack with much halloaing Toward them quickly ride. 30 There goes Brindle ! At her, Rollo ! Now for Lady Bess!There ! Good pony ! We can keep them In th
. The runaway donkey, and other rhymes for children . Barney Gray was sent to pasture With the lambs and sheep,There to run and roll in freedom, Kick and prance and leap. Still more lonely then was Rollo, But he, too, found joy,For the care of him was given To the farmers boy. In the golden summer weather, Happy little JackDrove the pasture daily, On the ponys back. Down the road the cattle straggled; — If they turned aside,Then would Jack with much halloaing Toward them quickly ride. 30 There goes Brindle ! At her, Rollo ! Now for Lady Bess!There ! Good pony ! We can keep them In the road, I guess! And the pony, clever fellow, Learned so well the knack,That to drive the cows he scarcely Needed help from Jack. Let a cow but turn a little From the road to stray,In an instant Rollo joined her, And, as if in play, He would push the truant gently With his velvet nose,Till she yielded to his guiding, And the right way chose. When the children from the seashore Back to Rollo came,As a cowboy had their pony Won some extra fame. 31. VII. THE CHECK-REIN STORY
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