Charley s Wonderful Journey. 



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act," said the Donkey, "but arithmetically 

 speaking you are quite right. If one has 

 more than two, and you want two of them, 

 it's no use saying two from one you 

 cannot, you've got to try anyhow." 



"But that'll do for to-day, for hard 

 work," continued the Donkey, "you 

 can relax now and dance. Those with 

 four legs will dance on two, and those 

 with only two legs will dance on one." 



Charley led off on one leg with the 

 Fox for a partner. The music was 

 lively, the fun fast and furious, and 

 just as they were getting tired, the 



"You change with me," said the Fox 

 to Charley, and although Charley was 

 puzzled, he put his hands to his head like 







Donkey ordered the scholars to come to a 

 halt, and the music stopped. 



"Now, change heads," said the Donkey, 

 after they had rested a little. 



the rest of them, and almost before 

 he knew what he was doing he had 

 whipped it off, exchanged with the 

 Fox, and burst out laughing when 

 he saw how droll the Fox looked 

 with his head on. 



All the other scholars exchanged 

 heads with their partners, the Pig 

 with the Goat, the Calf with the 

 Sheep, the Dog with the Rabbit, 

 the Duck with the Rooster, the 

 Goose with the Turkey, and so 

 on ; and when the music struck 

 up, and they began dancing again, 

 Charley thought he had never seen 

 anything so droll ; his own head 

 looked as if it was just going to 

 cry, and although Charley felt really 

 sorry for it, he could not look at it with- 

 out laughing. 



Again the music stopped for a minute. 

 "Now," said the Donkey, "you can't 



