Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes for Children

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</SPAN></span></p> <h3>III. THE PONY'S TRICKS</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Shake hands, pony," said the coachman.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Quickly, at command,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Pony placed his forefoot gently<br/></span> <span class="i2">In the coachman's hand.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Pony," said the coachman, slowly,<br/></span> <span class="i2">"I have heard it said<br/></span> <span class="i0">That you're fond of oats for supper;"<br/></span> <span class="i2">Pony bowed his head.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"What! Another trick! Oh, watch him!"<br/></span> <span class="i2">"Pony, show them now<br/></span> <span class="i0">How you like to roll and frolic;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Roll, sir! You know how!"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Down upon the grass went pony,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Rolled from side to side.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the children watched his capers<br/></span> <span class="i2">With delight and pride.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">In the stable pony showed them<br/></span> <span class="i2">He knew one trick more.<br/></span> <span class="i0">With his nose the latch he lifted<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of the stable door.<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</SPAN><br/><SPAN name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/019.jpg" alt="'Shake hands, pony,' said the coachman." style="width: 50%" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Ha, ha!" said the coachman, gayly,<br/></span> <span class="i2">"I'll look out for you!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Stable doors by ponies opened?<br/></span> <span class="i2">That would never do!"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Oh! the cunning little fellow!<br/></span> <span class="i2">How much he does know!"<br/></span> <span class="i0">Laughed the children, "He's as funny<br/></span> <span class="i2">As a circus show!"<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/021.jpg" alt="Stable doors by ponies opened?" style="width: 50%" /></div> <hr class="tb" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />