Domestic Animals 109 



Timid. 

 Sure footed. 



FOOD 



Hay. 



Oats. 



Grass. 



Vegetables. 



Weeds. 



Thistles. 



Clean water. 



Miss Clare told them the following story: 



"Once upon a time there was a soldier at Gib- 

 raltar who owned a donkey by the name of Valiant. 

 The soldier was sent to Malta, and after a while he 

 sent to Gibraltar for his donkey. 'Put Valiant on 

 board the next ship that sails/ he wrote. 'I cannot 

 get along without the dear little beast.' So in a 

 few days the donkey set sail with the sailors for 

 Malta. When they were far out on the sea, a great 

 storm arose, the ship struck a rock, sprung a leak, 

 and everybody was in danger of being drowned. 

 The men got out the row-boats. 'We must try to 



