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For color they gaVe black, white, cream, and gray, 

 while one little boy added roan, sorrel, bay, and 

 chestnut. 



"Tim told me those names," he said, "and we 

 went over to Mr. Gray's stable to see his horses. He 

 has twenty of them, and he told me that he gave 

 them hay, oats, and corn to eat. In summer they 

 eat grass, and they drink lots of water, a whole 

 pailful at a time, as a cow does. He has one horse 

 that likes apples and sugar very much. He let me 

 give him a lump of sugar. I put it in my hand, so 

 (holding it out flat), and he ate it all up, but he did 

 not bite me." 



Miss Clare explained that a horse's lips are flexible; 

 that the mouth is lined with a thin skin or membrane; 

 that the tongue is long and narrow, and that he has 

 large nostrils, through which he breathes. 



"His teeth are very strong, and they have some 

 ridges and marks," she said, "by which some men 

 are able to tell the age of a horse." 



The teacher rode home that afternoon, and when 

 the team came for her they all went out to look at 

 Dandy. He was wearing his new shoes, and the 

 driver lifted up one foot that the little folks might 



