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row to land/ they said, 'but we cannot take the 

 donkey. He must swim or drown,' and they pushed 

 him overboard. They reached the shore at last 

 and took another ship for Malta, and when they 

 reached there they told the soldier that his poor 

 little donkey was lost in the sea. 



"Not long after that, one morning, a little donkey 

 was seen walking through the streets of Gibraltar. 

 He went straight to Mr. Weeks' stable and brayed 

 for something to eat. 



"How surprised Mr. Weeks was to find it was 

 Valiant, but he had no idea how the donkey got 

 back, for he had supposed he was in Malta. No- 

 body could explain until one of the sailors came 

 home and told what had happened. And, only 

 think, little Valiant not only swam to shore, but he 

 found his way back to his old home, over mountains 

 and streams, a distance of two hundred miles, with 

 no one to help him or tell him the way. 



"I don't believe anyone ever called him stupid 

 after that, do you ? I hope he was put on another 

 ship and sent to his master, who, I am sure, would 

 be kind to him after that." 



There did not seem to be many songs about the 



