. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. A VERY FUNNY COLT. 165 One day a strange pig got into our yard, and papa sent Fido to chase him out. Prince thought lie must go, too, and the poor/pig was frightened ahnost to death. He wasn't used to being chased by a colt, you see. The other night I coaxed Prince up to the piazza, to show some ladies how nice he was. Pie was in high spirits, and he began to try to kick at me, in a very comical way. He doesn't know how to kick like other colts, he is so gentle. He would work his heels, and mak
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. A VERY FUNNY COLT. 165 One day a strange pig got into our yard, and papa sent Fido to chase him out. Prince thought lie must go, too, and the poor/pig was frightened ahnost to death. He wasn't used to being chased by a colt, you see. The other night I coaxed Prince up to the piazza, to show some ladies how nice he was. Pie was in high spirits, and he began to try to kick at me, in a very comical way. He doesn't know how to kick like other colts, he is so gentle. He would work his heels, and make a funny noise, like colt-laughing, and say in colt-talk, " ]S"ow, Allen, I am going to k-i-i-ick!" His heels would come np just a little bit. Then he would whisk round and smile, as though saying, " Wasn't that clever?" Then in a minute more he would put his heels together again, and say, " !N"-n-n-ow I'm going to k-i-i-ick! " And we would laugh till we cried, to see a colt kick that didn't know how. It was as funny as hearing a rooster learning to crow, or seeing a trick mule in a \({}\:^i]£:\T, ur-. 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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