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AT PLAY.

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Three little foals you see at play.

They romp and sport all through the day,

But sometimes they are most sedate

And try to ape their mothers’ gait.

They wheel and race and leap and prance,

And sometimes they are said to dance:

But always they will stand and stare

At anyone who passes there.

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SCHOOLING.

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The horse, like us, must go to school

To learn by precept and by rule.

Like us, he does not love the work,

Like us, he’s not allowed to shirk.

This little instrument you see

Strapped on his back, shaped like a V,

Is a “Dumb Jockey” meant to train

The horse to bear the bit and rein.

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CLEVERNESS.

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Billy, the circus pony, can

Distinguish letters like a man:

He’ll hold up for you in the ring

His D for Dunce and K for King.

With P for Pony he will show

That he his family name doth know;

And he will find the C for clown

And at his feet will put it down.

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WILLINGNESS.

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Although this horse is doing all he can to drag his heavy load up the hill, the lazy boy who is walking beside him, with one hand in his pocket, beats him cruelly with the stick which he carries. The boy is too silly or too careless to see how willingly the horse is working.

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