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food, and less care. In the old days, many men 

 who had little money could keep a donkey when 

 they couldn't afford to keep a horse. 



"Well, folks, I must say good-by now," and he 

 disappeared into his box. 



The next day several pictures were brought, and 

 Charles said: "Papa says a donkey has a good 

 memory, for he knows the different places in which 

 he has lived, and different roads he has traveled. 



"If you try to make him carry too heavy a load, 

 he will bend down his ears, show his teeth, and look 

 pretty ugly, but I would, too, if a man wasn't kind 



to me." 



"Yes," said Miss Clare, "that is one of a donkey's 

 ways of talking." 



"A donkey does not often lie down to sleep," 

 chimed in Walter. "He goes to bed standing up. 

 If you cover up his eyes he will stand perfectly still. 

 If he lies down on his side so that one eye is on the 

 ground, so (illustrating by stretching his head out 

 on the desk), and you cover up his other eye with 

 a. cloth, or a board, he won't even try to get up. 



"Papa says donkeys are the best kind of ponies 

 for little boys to have, for they are patient and slow. 



