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PONIES, DONKEYS, AND GOATS. 



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SupposDiG fairy times to return agaiu, and every boy in tlie 

 realm to receive a visit from one of the " good folks," with the 

 customary offer to gratify any " three wishes " the said hoy 

 chose to express, what Would be the result F In some cases, of 

 course, it would be difficult to prognosticate; there would 

 doubtless be boys of what a quaint old writer terms a " beUy- 

 sonie" turn, and who would insist,' firstly, on plenty of roast pork; 

 secondly, on unlimited apple dumplings ; and thirdly, on a few-:- 

 no, on a little more crackUiig. There are soldierly boys who 

 would stipulate for a great army, a great enemy, and a great 

 victory; scholarly boys who would reiterate "books, books, 

 books ;" miserly boys (the very worst sort of boys these), with 

 a clamour for "pounds, shillings, and pence;" and boys so 

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