LESSON XXX.
1. The donkey is not as stupid as he looks, and he has often shown that he knows what he is about, and that he is able to take care of himself.
2. In the picture we see a little girl with a donkey going to market, and as Dick is always treated kindly, he is ready to do all he can for her.
3. A man who bought a donkey for his children, tells this story of him: “I did not allow him to be pounded, and he got something better to eatthan thistles. My donkey proved to be no fool; but, like others, who have more wit than good manners, he was forever getting into mischief, and leading others into it.
4. “He could open all the gates, and climb all the fences; and many a morning he woke me by braying in the midst of my field of wheat. I was obliged to sell him, as he knew too much about doors and gates, and was too cunning to be kept.”
5. A man once set his bull-dog to attack a donkey that was grazing near the river. For a while the donkey kept his heels toward the dog in such a way that the dog could not get at him.
6. Watching his chance, the donkey turned and seized the dog by the nape of his neck, so that he could not use his jaws, then dragged him to the river, plunged him in, and lay down upon him, keeping his head under water until he was drowned.
Fiddle-de-dee,The cat was at tea,The rabbit was taking snuff,The dog and the pigWere dancing a jig,And the donkey put on a lace ruff.
Fiddle-de-dee,The cat was at tea,The rabbit was taking snuff,The dog and the pigWere dancing a jig,And the donkey put on a lace ruff.
Fiddle-de-dee,The cat was at tea,The rabbit was taking snuff,The dog and the pigWere dancing a jig,And the donkey put on a lace ruff.
Fiddle-de-dee,The cat was at tea,The rabbit was taking snuff,The dog and the pigWere dancing a jig,And the donkey put on a lace ruff.
Fiddle-de-dee,The cat was at tea,The rabbit was taking snuff,The dog and the pigWere dancing a jig,And the donkey put on a lace ruff.
Fiddle-de-dee,
The cat was at tea,
The rabbit was taking snuff,
The dog and the pig
Were dancing a jig,
And the donkey put on a lace ruff.
Oxen at Work.
Oxen at Work.