A VERY FUNNY COLT. 



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One day a strange pig got into our yard, and papa sent Fido to 

 chase him out. Prince thought lie must go, too, and the poor /pig 

 was frightened ahnost to death. He wasn't used to being chased 

 by a colt, you see. 



The other night I coaxed Prince up to the piazza, to show some 

 ladies how nice he was. Pie was in high spirits, and he began to 

 try to kick at me, in a very comical way. He doesn't know how to 

 kick like other colts, he is so gentle. He would work his heels, 

 and make a funny noise, like colt-laughing, and say in colt-talk, 

 " ]S"ow, Allen, I am going to k-i-i-ick ! " His heels would come 

 np just a little bit. Then he would whisk round and smile, as 

 though saying, " Wasn't that clever?" 



Then in a minute more he would put his heels together again, and 

 say, " !N"-n-n-ow I'm going to k-i-i-ick! " And we would laugh till 

 we cried, to see a colt kick that didn't know how. It was as funny 

 as hearing a rooster learning to crow, or seeing a trick mule in a 

 circus. 



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