THE DONKEY 



"Do any of you little folks know what it is to 

 have a cousin?" inquired Miss Clare, one windy 

 March morning. 



"I thought you did" -noticing the flutter of 

 hands. 



"Some of us have big cousins and little cousins, 

 girl cousins and boy cousins, cousins with blue eyes 

 and cousins with black eyes; but did you know that 

 our friend, the horse, has a cousin, too, and that 

 they look quite a good deal alike ? The cousin has 

 four legs like a horse, hoofs that look like his, a gap 

 in his teeth for a bit, he wears the same kind of coat, 

 the same shoes, and his name is 



DONKEY 



"Did you ever see one? Let us try to draw his 

 picture. First, he has very long ears (drawing them 

 over an outline), not much of a mane, and a tail that 

 has long hair only at the end. 



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UNIVERSITY 



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