Runaway Donkey and Other Rhymes for Children

<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</SPAN></span></p> <h3>V. THE PONY AND TEDDY</h3> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Pony Rollo was a beauty,<br/></span> <span class="i2">As you've heard before,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But his beautiful behavior<br/></span> <span class="i2">Made him loved the more.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When upon his back he carried<br/></span> <span class="i2">Children large or small,<br/></span> <span class="i0">With what care went Pony Rollo<br/></span> <span class="i2">Lest the child should fall.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Patient, docile Pony Rollo<br/></span> <span class="i2">Did so well his part<br/></span> <span class="i0">That the children very quickly<br/></span> <span class="i2">Gained the rider's art.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But one day not even Rollo<br/></span> <span class="i2">Could a fall prevent,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the reckless little Teddy<br/></span> <span class="i2">From the saddle went.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">There he lay beneath the pony,<br/></span> <span class="i2">All in quaking dread.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Oh! those heavy hoofs would surely<br/></span> <span class="i2">On him quickly tread!<br/></span></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</SPAN><br/><SPAN name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/025.jpg" alt="There he lay beneath the pony" style="width: 50%" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But the knowing little pony,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Wise as he is good,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Lifting not a hoof, nor moving,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Like a statue stood.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Waiting, waiting, Pony Rollo<br/></span> <span class="i2">Still as marble kept,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Till the frightened, grateful Teddy<br/></span> <span class="i2">From beneath had crept.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Then was Rollo more than ever<br/></span> <span class="i2">Feasted and caressed,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And pronounced of all good ponies<br/></span> <span class="i2">Wisest, dearest, best.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="tb" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />