Master and then think of some masters I have seen, I can't refrain 

 from felicitating m\sclt upon the wise choice I made when I se- 

 lected him for master — for really I did select him. 



CHAPTER III. 



Learning to Speak. 



As my education progressed day by day other horses were sur- 

 prised. They deemed me precocious, far beyond my years. And 

 when they saw thousands of people eagerly collect about me and 

 admire my work they too were anxious to gain my knowledge and 

 popularity. A few of them have become fairly well trained and 

 some of them know more than their trainers. I am learning all 

 the time. I hope some day to know everything my Master wants 

 me to do. You must have a wise teacher if you would learn eveiy- 

 thing. I felt now that I had a mission in the world to perform. I 

 knew that in some way I was to be the emancipator of the animal 

 kingdom — what Abraham Lincoln and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were 

 to the colored race. I became more and more anxious to learn 

 with the grand hope of helping my suffering kind. 



My Master saw how anxious I was to learn and he took great 

 interest in me. My first lesson was easy. He held a piece of 

 candy in his hand and offered it to me, nodding his head several 

 times. Then he asked 

 me if I w^anted the 

 candy. Most certain- 

 ly I did. But he 

 would not give it to 

 me until I nodded 

 my head, which he 

 said meant "yes." I 

 liked the candy so 

 well that I kept 

 bowing and nodding 

 all the time, and I 

 ate so much candy 

 that I was alm(jst 



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