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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm, by 
+Helen Fuller Orton
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+Title: Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm
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+Author: Helen Fuller Orton
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+Illustrator: Hugh Spencer
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+Release Date: April 22, 2009 [EBook #28586]
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+PRINCE AND ROVER
+OF CLOVERFIELD FARM
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: "'What is his name?' asked Sue"]
+
+
+
+
+PRINCE AND ROVER
+OF CLOVERFIELD FARM
+
+BY
+HELEN FULLER ORTON
+
+_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS BY
+HUGH SPENCER_
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+NEW YORK
+FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
+PUBLISHERS
+
+
+
+
+_Copyright, 1921, by_
+HELEN FULLER ORTON
+
+_All Rights Reserved_
+
+First Printing,           June 9, 1921
+Second Printing,     November 15, 1921
+Third Printing,         April 18, 1922
+Fourth Printing,      February 8, 1923
+Fifth Printing,           May 15, 1923
+Sixth Printing,       October 24, 1924
+Seventh Printing,    November 30, 1925
+Eighth Printing,     November 12, 1926
+Ninth Printing,       October 25, 1927
+Tenth Printing,         August 6, 1929
+Eleventh Printing,    January 31, 1931
+Twelfth Printing,     February 1, 1934
+Thirteenth Printing,     July 24, 1935
+
+_Printed in the United States of America_
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+CHAPTER                                                      PAGE
+
+   I THE NEW HORSE                                             1
+
+  II PRINCE SEES HIS OLD HOME                                  7
+
+ III HOW ROVER GOT THE COWS OUT OF THE CORN                   16
+
+  IV PRINCE HELPS MAKE BREAD                                  23
+
+   V ROVER BRINGS THE COWS FROM PASTURE                       29
+
+  VI HOW ROVER RESCUED LITTLE YELLOW CHICK                    34
+
+ VII PRINCE BRINGS HOME THE GROCERIES                         40
+
+VIII WHY ROVER WENT TO CHURCH                                 46
+
+  IX PRINCE HELPS MAKE ICE CREAM                              55
+
+   X PRINCE PLAYS TAG                                         65
+
+  XI ROVER DOES SOME MISCHIEF                                 72
+
+ XII ROVER FINDS BABY BETTY                                   77
+
+XIII PRINCE SEES A DRAGON                                     81
+
+ XIV HOW ROVER SAVED THE HOUSE                                91
+
+  XV PRINCE USES HIS EYES                                     96
+
+
+
+
+ILLUSTRATIONS
+
+
+"'What is his name?' asked Sue"                         _Frontispiece_
+
+                                                             PAGE
+
+"Rover made them all jump over the stone wall"                21
+
+"'You must go home to the barn'"                              31
+
+"Rover snapped at him with his sharp white teeth"             37
+
+"'Strangers must not come into this yard when the folks
+are away'"                                                    49
+
+"Rover looked savagely at the dog in the looking glass"       75
+
+"'Whoa, Prince, steady, Prince,' said she"                    87
+
+"'Why! the bridge is gone!' said Farmer Hill"                 99
+
+
+
+
+FOREWORD
+
+
+These stories are founded on memories of my childhood on the farm. They
+first took definite form in response to the requests of my own little
+boys: "Tell me about when you were little, Mama." Some of them were
+demanded over and over again; but it remained for Bobby, the youngest,
+to insist that they be "put into a book."
+
+Many a time, after listening to one of them, he would say: "I wish you
+would write your stories, Mama, so that other children could hear
+them."
+
+Always I replied: "I will try sometime."
+
+But never did the time come when there were not other things to do.
+
+Finally, one night, when I had finished telling, "How Rover Got the
+Cows out of the Corn," he said: "Mama, you always say you will write
+your stories, but you never do. Truly, I'm afraid the other children
+will never know them."
+
+I looked up. There were tears in Bobby's eyes.
+
+Did it mean so much to him? Would other children like the stories?
+
+"Bobby," I said, "truly, I will try to write them. After Christmas I
+will begin."
+
+So after the holidays were over and the older boys had gone back to
+college, the writing was commenced.
+
+"Will they do?" said I to Bobby when he had heard the last story read.
+"Do you think a publisher will like them?"
+
+"The children will like them," he replied.
+
+So that is how Prince and Rover happened to be written.
+
+                        H. F. O.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: THE NEW HORSE]
+
+I
+
+
+At Cloverfield Farm there were four horses--Dobbin and Bird, Dan and
+Daisy. Dan was getting old so he could not go fast or work hard any
+more.
+
+"We need another horse," said Farmer Hill one morning. "Mr. Ross has
+some for sale. I am going over to look at them to-day and perhaps I
+will buy one."
+
+"I hope," said John, "that you will get one that can go fast--faster
+than Daisy."
+
+"I hope," said Sue, "that you will get a fine-looking horse."
+
+"And I hope," said mother, "that you will get a gentle horse, one that
+will be safe for me to drive."
+
+"I will try to please you all," said father, "but first of all we must
+have a strong, willing horse--one that will do his share of the farm
+work."
+
+Father was gone all day, for Farmer Ross lived five miles away.
+
+Toward supper-time Sue looked out of the window and exclaimed: "Oh,
+there's father with the new horse."
+
+Just then Bobby came running in and shouted: "Father's coming with the
+new horse."
+
+All three looked toward the road--mother and John and Sue.
+
+Down the road was father in the buggy, driving Daisy while he led the
+new horse behind the buggy with a halter.
+
+All the family went out to see the new horse when Farmer Hill reached
+the back yard.
+
+"He is not as handsome as I had hoped," said Sue, "but he has a kind
+face."
+
+"Can he go fast?" asked John.
+
+"He is not a race-horse," said father, "but he has long, slim legs and
+can go over the ground pretty fast--quite fast enough for us."
+
+"Is he gentle, so that I can drive him?" asked mother.
+
+"Yes," said father, "he is a safe horse. He will not jump or run away
+even if you meet a threshing machine."
+
+"I am glad of that," said mother. "Daisy jumps to one side if even a
+piece of paper blows near her."
+
+"He is a good horse," said Farmer Hill. "He will not run away, but he
+is very strong-bitted and will have his own way sometimes. It would
+take a strong arm to hold him back if he wanted to run fast."
+
+"What is his name?" asked Sue.
+
+"His name is Prince," said father.
+
+"That is a fine name," said Sue.
+
+"I hope Prince will prove to be a good horse," said mother.
+
+"He has one excellent trait," said father. "Farmer Ross says he always
+knows the way home. His daughter lost her way once and Prince found the
+right road and brought her safely home."
+
+"What a wonderful thing!" said John.
+
+"Now I will put Prince in the stall next to Daisy's," said father.
+
+He went toward the barn leading Prince, while John and Bobby followed
+along.
+
+When they reached the barn, Farmer Hill gave Prince a drink from the
+watering trough, opened the big door and led him into the stall.
+
+In the manger were some oats, and the rack was filled with hay which he
+could eat whenever he wished.
+
+So Prince had plenty to eat and a good stall to stand in. But he was
+not happy.
+
+He kept thinking of his old home.
+
+It was not nearly so big a stall as this and not nearly so fine a barn.
+The oats there were no better and the hay no sweeter. But that had
+been his home all his life, so he kept thinking about it and wishing he
+were there.
+
+The fact was that Prince was homesick.
+
+"I'll go back there if I get a chance," thought Prince, "and live in my
+old stall, with the horses in Farmer Ross's barn."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE SEES HIS OLD HOME]
+
+II
+
+
+The next day after Prince came to Cloverfield Farm, Farmer Hill had to
+go to the city. He took Bobby with him and they were gone until
+afternoon.
+
+All the other horses were out in the field working. Prince was standing
+in his stall, very lonesome.
+
+He was still thinking of his old home and wishing he could go back
+there.
+
+"I'll go back if I get a chance," thought Prince.
+
+After a while mother said to John: "Prince must be thirsty. Father may
+not be back for some time, so I think you had better let Prince have a
+drink."
+
+John opened the stable door and led him to the watering trough in the
+barn-yard.
+
+All the while he was drinking, Prince was wondering how he could get
+away.
+
+John had hold of the rope but not very tightly.
+
+Suddenly, Prince gave a jerk and the rope slipped from John's hand.
+
+Away went Prince, through the barn-yard gate, up the lane, out the
+gravel driveway and down the road.
+
+The rope was dragging along, his mane was tossing and his heels went
+galloping over the dusty road.
+
+By this time Farmer Hill and Bobby were coming home from the city in
+the buggy, and they saw a horse coming toward them down the road.
+
+"Oh, father, someone's horse is running away!" said Bobby.
+
+When the horse came near, father exclaimed: "Why, that is Prince! I
+must stop him."
+
+"Whoa, Prince, whoa!" he said.
+
+Prince never stopped but went galloping past.
+
+"Oh, what shall we do?" asked Bobby.
+
+"We must go after him," said father. So he turned Daisy around and they
+started after Prince.
+
+"Get-up, Daisy, get-up," he said. He even took the whip from its socket
+and touched Daisy, just ever so lightly, but enough to let her know
+she must go fast.
+
+And so they went down the road, Prince galloping along and Farmer Hill
+following after.
+
+For two miles along a stretch of level road they went, Prince getting
+farther ahead all the time.
+
+"I'll not let him catch me," thought Prince, "I shall run and run."
+
+Then came a cross road and Prince turned to the right.
+
+And so they went down this road, Prince galloping ahead, father and
+Bobby following after.
+
+When Prince came to the next corner, he turned to the left.
+
+Bobby saw him turn. "Prince has turned onto another road," he said.
+"Why doesn't he go straight ahead?"
+
+"Perhaps he wants to go to some special place," said father.
+
+By the time they reached the corner, Prince was out of sight around a
+curve in the road.
+
+"Do you think Prince will run a hundred miles?" asked Bobby.
+
+"We shall see," answered father. "Daisy is getting tired, so we shall
+have to go slowly for a while."
+
+"Perhaps Prince will get tired and stop," said Bobby, "and then we can
+catch him."
+
+But Prince had been resting in the barn all day, and his long slim legs
+felt as strong and fresh as when he started.
+
+No, Prince was not tired, but he had reached the place where he wanted
+to go.
+
+That white house just beyond the curve in the road was Farmer Ross's.
+
+When Prince reached it, he slowed up, walked through the gate and down
+to the barn.
+
+The hired man, when he took the horses out to work that day, had left
+the stable door open.
+
+So Prince walked around to the back of the barn, through the open door
+and into his old stall.
+
+"How nice to be here again," thought Prince.
+
+When Farmer Hill and Bobby reached Mr. Ross's place, Prince was nowhere
+in sight.
+
+They drove into the yard. "Why do we stop here?" asked Bobby. "We must
+keep going after Prince."
+
+"We are going after Prince," said father.
+
+"But Prince cannot be here," said Bobby. "He was galloping down the
+road."
+
+"I think we shall find him here," said father. "This is his old home."
+
+Father and Bobby looked around the yard, but no Prince was there.
+
+The open stable door was not in sight.
+
+Just then Farmer Ross came up from the field. "We are looking for
+Prince," said Farmer Hill. "He must have gotten out of my stable, for
+we met him coming this way and followed after."
+
+"I have not seen him. Let us look around," said Farmer Ross.
+
+But Prince was nowhere to be seen.
+
+"Are you sure he came in here?" asked Farmer Ross.
+
+"Not sure," said Farmer Hill, "but I think he did. Could he have gone
+into the barn?"
+
+They went to the stable door and looked.
+
+There was Prince standing quietly in his stall, eating hay from the
+rack.
+
+"I told you he always remembered the way home," said Farmer Ross.
+
+"I'll take him back and this time we'll be more careful with him," said
+Farmer Hill.
+
+So again he led Prince home and put him in the stall beside Daisy.
+
+Every day he fed him plenty of hay and oats, gave him a good bed of
+straw to lie on at night, and always treated him kindly.
+
+John sometimes gave him a lump of sugar, but father always led him out
+to water and held the halter very tightly.
+
+After a few weeks Prince liked the new home so well that he never
+wanted to go back to the old one again.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: HOW ROVER GOT THE COWS OUT OF THE CORN]
+
+III
+
+
+Cloverfield Farm had a big Shepherd dog named Rover.
+
+One day Rover lay under the apple tree in the back yard, taking his
+afternoon nap. Just over the fence in the pasture Farmer Hill's cows
+were grazing.
+
+Suddenly Molly, the Big Red Cow, came near the stone wall on the
+farther side of the pasture. She smelled the corn in Neighbor Newman's
+cornfield beyond the stone wall.
+
+Now if there is one thing that cows like better than anything else, it
+is growing sweet corn. Molly looked at it longingly over the stone
+wall. She smelled it in the breeze.
+
+Not far away Molly saw a low place in the wall. Over this she jumped
+into the cornfield. All the other cows saw her and followed--the White
+Cow, the Black Cow, the two Speckled Cows, and the Little Red Cow.
+
+They all began eating Neighbor Newman's corn.
+
+Just then Mrs. Hill looked over that way and saw the cows in the
+cornfield.
+
+Farmer Hill had gone to town that day, so he could not get the cows out
+of the corn. The hired man was down in the field by the woods, so he
+could not get the cows out of the corn.
+
+"Who will get the cows out of the corn?" thought Mrs. Hill.
+
+Going to the back door, she spied Rover taking his afternoon nap.
+"Rover, Rover," she called, "the cows are in the corn." But Rover only
+opened one eye a very little bit and wagged his tail, a very weeny
+mite, and went on with his nap.
+
+Again she called, very loudly, "Rover, Rover, get the cows out of the
+corn, quick! quick!"
+
+Rover understood this time and jumped to his feet. "Look, there they
+are," said Mrs. Hill, pointing to the cornfield.
+
+When Rover saw what had happened, he ran just like a flash across the
+pasture lot, jumped over the stone wall and began to bark at the Big
+Red Cow.
+
+"Bow-wow, bow-wow," barked Rover, which meant, "Go back into your
+pasture."
+
+But the Big Red Cow only switched her tail and went on eating corn.
+
+"Bow-wow, bow-wow," barked Rover again; but still she went on eating
+corn, and all the other cows went on eating corn.
+
+Then Rover bit the leg of the Big Red Cow. It was only just a little
+bite, but she knew it meant, "Get out of the cornfield or I will bite
+you very hard."
+
+The Big Red Cow went to the stone wall with Rover barking at her heels,
+until she jumped back into the pasture lot.
+
+Then he went to the other cows and made them all jump back over the
+stone wall into the pasture lot--the White Cow, the Black Cow, the two
+Speckled Cows, and the Little Red Cow.
+
+Just as the last cow was jumping over the wall, Farmer Hill came home
+along the road from the city. He saw what Rover had done.
+
+Rover got back to his place under the apple tree just as Farmer Hill
+drove into the yard. "Good dog, good dog," said Farmer Hill in a kind
+voice.
+
+Rover looked up and wagged his tail.
+
+"Is there a bone for Rover?" said Farmer Hill. Mrs. Hill went to the
+cupboard and found a big bone and gave it to Rover.
+
+[Illustration: "Rover made them all jump over the stone wall"]
+
+"I must have the men fix that hole in the wall," said Farmer Hill.
+
+When Rover was through with the bone, he went back to finish his
+afternoon nap under the apple tree.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE HELPS MAKE BREAD]
+
+IV
+
+
+"What are you going to do to-day?" asked Bobby one morning.
+
+Father looked across the table with a twinkle in his eye.
+
+"Prince and Daisy and I are going to help make bread to-day, Bobby,"
+said he.
+
+"Why, father," said Bobby, "you cannot make bread and horses cannot
+make bread."
+
+"I did not say we were going to make it alone," said father. "I said we
+were going to help."
+
+"Mother makes the bread. She makes it in the kitchen," said Bobby.
+
+"But we are going to help," said father.
+
+"Can Prince and Daisy come into the kitchen?" asked Bobby.
+
+"No, they will not come into the kitchen," said father. "They truly
+will help, though. Would you like to see them?"
+
+"Yes," said Bobby. "That would be fun."
+
+"Come down to the field below the barn with me," said father.
+
+So Bobby ran along beside father down the lane to the Old Red Barn.
+
+Father harnessed Prince and Daisy, drove them to the field below the
+barn and hitched them to a tool with a shiny steel point.
+
+"But, father, that is a plow," said Bobby. "Mother does not make bread
+with a plow. She makes it in a pan and stirs it with a big spoon."
+
+"That is true," said father, "but we shall help to make bread with a
+plow."
+
+Soon father started the horses while he held the handles of the plow so
+its shiny steel point would dig down into the hard earth.
+
+Straight to the other end of the field they went, leaving behind them a
+long furrow of brown fresh earth.
+
+Back they came toward Bobby, making another furrow. And so back and
+forth, back and forth, all the forenoon they went.
+
+Bobby sometimes trudged along by father, sometimes he rested at the
+end of the field.
+
+Bobby was watching very hard. At last he said, "Father, there is not
+any bread yet. When shall I see the bread?"
+
+"It takes a long time to make bread from this brown earth," said
+father.
+
+"Does it take all day?" said Bobby, who was beginning to get tired.
+
+"Yes, it takes more than a day," said father. "It takes about a year."
+
+"I think mother's way is better," said Bobby. "It takes her only one
+day."
+
+"But mother could not make bread at all, if we did not help," said
+father.
+
+"Oh, indeed, she does," said Bobby. "I have seen her make it all
+alone."
+
+"Bobby," said father, "of what does mother make our bread?"
+
+Now Bobby was only six years old, but he had often watched mother make
+bread.
+
+"She makes it from flour," said he.
+
+"What is the flour made from?" asked father.
+
+"The miller grinds it from wheat," said Bobby.
+
+"And where does the wheat come from?" asked father.
+
+"It grows in the field," said Bobby.
+
+"So far you are right, Bobby," said father. "Now look at the ground
+over there where I have not yet plowed. Would wheat grow if I sowed it
+there?"
+
+"I suppose not," said Bobby.
+
+"No, indeed," said father. "It would lie on top of the ground and
+wither and die; but when I sow it in the soft earth which Prince and
+Daisy have plowed, it will grow."
+
+"Now I see," said Bobby, "Prince and Daisy do truly help to make
+bread."
+
+"You are good horses," said he, patting them on their noses.
+
+Just then the dinner bell rang.
+
+"Come, Bobby," said father. "We will take Prince and Daisy to the barn
+and give them hay and oats. Then you and I will go up to the house and
+eat some of mother's nice bread."
+
+"Oh, father," said Bobby, "you forgot. It is Prince and Daisy's bread
+too."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: ROVER BRINGS THE COWS FROM PASTURE]
+
+V
+
+
+Down on Cloverfield Farm the afternoon sun was sinking toward the West.
+
+The swallows were coming home to their nests in the barn and a gentle
+breeze was starting the windmill.
+
+Farmer Hill looked at his watch; then he went to the bars at the head
+of the long lane and began putting them down.
+
+Rover, seeing this, came running up to him. "Yes, Rover," said Farmer
+Hill, "it is time to go for the cows."
+
+Down the long lane trotted Rover, past the apple orchard, past the
+clover field, past the field of wheat stubble, to the thirteen-acre
+lot.
+
+In the farthest corner of the field, with her feet in the cool water of
+the pond, was the Big Red Cow. Near-by, under the elm trees, were all
+the other cows lying on the grass.
+
+Straight to the Big Red Cow ran Rover and barked. The cow knew what
+that meant. It said, "You must go home to the barn." So she started
+toward the lane.
+
+Then all the other cows followed.
+
+Rover came trotting along behind, barking sometimes if they tried to
+turn back.
+
+So they all went up the long, long lane toward the old red barn--the
+Big Red Cow, the White Cow, the Black Cow, the two Speckled Cows and
+the Little Red Cow.
+
+[Illustration: "'You must go home to the barn'"]
+
+Past the field of wheat stubble, past the clover field, and along the
+orchard fence, they went.
+
+As they came near the harvest apple tree, the Big Red Cow smelled the
+apples. Now next to fresh green corn, cows like apples better than
+anything else. So the Big Red Cow tried to jump over the rail fence, to
+get some apples.
+
+She might have gotten over; but Rover ran up to her and barked and
+snapped at her heels with his sharp teeth, until she started on again.
+
+So all the cows went up the lane and through the bars into the
+barn-yard. They drank the cool water in the watering trough and then
+went into their stalls in the stable.
+
+Farmer Hill turned to Rover and said, "Good dog, good dog!"
+
+Rover wagged his tail very hard. He liked to bring the cows from
+pasture.
+
+Then he went to the windmill to wait till the children should come with
+their tin cups to drink the nice warm milk at milking time.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: HOW ROVER RESCUED LITTLE YELLOW CHICK]
+
+VI
+
+
+Mrs. Plymouth Rock lived in the chicken coop out by the wood-pile with
+her brood of eleven chicks. There were black chicks and yellow chicks,
+but the nicest of all was Little Yellow Chick.
+
+Mother Hen always stayed in the coop.
+
+The little chicks would jump out between the slats and go off through
+the grass and into the driveway and among the chips of the wood-pile.
+
+When Mother Hen wanted them to come home she would call, "Cluck,
+cluck, cluck, cluck!" and all the little chicks would come running to
+the coop.
+
+One hot summer afternoon, Mrs. Hill was sitting on the back porch
+mending stockings. All the big hens were scattered around the
+place--some in the garden, some in the cornfield, some in the
+farmyard--scratching for bugs and worms.
+
+Suddenly there was a great cackling and scurrying among the fowls.
+Those in the garden ran and cackled, those in the cornfield ran and
+cackled, those in the farmyard ran and cackled. They all ran as fast as
+they could to the hen house.
+
+Mrs. Hill, hearing the commotion, stood up and looked around to see
+what was the matter.
+
+There in the sky coming toward the farmyard, was a large gray hen hawk.
+
+Old Mother Hen heard the cries of the other fowls and knew there was
+danger, so she called her chicks to come home. "Cluck, cluck, cluck,
+cluck!" went Mother Hen.
+
+All the little chicks tried to run home to the chicken coop. They ran
+as fast as their little short legs could carry them.
+
+Little Yellow Chick could not run fast. He tried very hard, but
+stumbled over a chip near the wood-pile.
+
+The hawk up in the sky with his sharp eye saw Little Yellow Chick and
+flew straight toward him.
+
+Old Mother Hen could not help Little Yellow Chick, for she could not
+get out of the coop.
+
+[Illustration: "Rover snapped at him with his sharp white teeth"]
+
+Mrs. Hill ran toward him, but she could not help him for she could not
+run fast enough.
+
+But Rover, lying under the pine tree in the front yard, heard the
+commotion and came running like the wind past Mrs. Hill.
+
+He jumped at the fierce hawk and snapped at him with his sharp white
+teeth, just as the hawk was swooping to pick up Little Yellow Chick.
+
+When Mr. Hawk heard the barking and saw Rover dash towards him he
+forgot about wanting to eat Little Yellow Chick and flew away as fast
+as he could.
+
+He flew up into the sky and over the woods and far away.
+
+Mrs. Hill picked up Little Yellow Chick and carried him to Old Mother
+Hen in the coop. Old Mother Hen took him safely under her wing.
+
+"Good dog, good dog!" said Mrs. Hill to Rover as she patted his neck.
+
+Mrs. Hill went back to mending stockings on the porch.
+
+But Rover lay down near the hen-coop to guard Little Yellow Chick.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE BRINGS HOME THE GROCERIES]
+
+VII
+
+
+The Big City was ten miles from Cloverfield Farm. Farmer Hill had to go
+there often on business. Mrs. Hill had to go there to buy shoes and
+clothing. Sometimes they drove, but if they were in a hurry they went
+to the village a mile away and took the train.
+
+"I must go to the city to-day to attend to some important business,"
+said father one morning. "It will not take long, so I will go down on
+the nine o'clock train and back on the eleven."
+
+"Are you going to drive to the train or walk?" asked mother. "I need
+some groceries before dinner and wish you would drive so you could
+bring them back."
+
+"I will drive then," said father. "I meant to walk."
+
+Mother wrote down a long list of groceries--flour, sugar, tea, raisins,
+molasses, rolled oats and spices.
+
+"I will leave the list with Mr. Brown," said father, "so he will have
+them ready for me when I come back and I won't have to wait."
+
+So father drove Prince to the village and tied him to the hitching post
+in front of Mr. Brown's store.
+
+He gave the list to the grocer.
+
+"Please have them ready when I come back on the eleven o'clock train,"
+said he.
+
+Then father went to his train.
+
+The grocer put up the order. "I might as well put them in the buggy for
+him now," said he.
+
+So he carried the groceries out and packed them under the seat.
+
+Farmer Hill intended to come back on the eleven o'clock train; but his
+business took him longer than he expected, so he could not come until
+the next train at one o'clock.
+
+Meanwhile Prince stood very still and patient for some time. Then he
+began to take a few steps forward once in a while, and then a few steps
+backward.
+
+Prince liked to go. He did not like to stand still so long.
+
+Every time he stepped back and forth, the knot in the halter loosened a
+little. After a while, about one o'clock, it became entirely untied.
+
+When father got off the train, he was still thinking of his business in
+the city and was in a hurry to get home. So he never once thought about
+Prince, but struck off across lots and hurried home afoot.
+
+"Where are Prince and the groceries?" asked mother, as father came into
+the house.
+
+"Prince and the groceries?" said he, "Prince and the groceries? Sure
+enough, I did drive Prince down this morning. I entirely forgot him. He
+must be standing at the hitching post in front of the store. I'll go
+back and get him."
+
+Before this time Prince was quite hungry. He was very tired standing
+still so long. He wished he could go home to his stall and eat his
+dinner.
+
+Still Farmer Hill did not come for him.
+
+The next time he stepped forward, there was no halter to stop him; so
+he kept on walking down the street.
+
+The thought of home and his dinner made him want them very much.
+
+So he began to trot.
+
+Just as Farmer Hill was leaving the house to go after him, Prince
+turned into the yard.
+
+"There is Prince now," said father. "He has come home alone."
+
+"But I need the groceries," said mother. "I must have the sugar right
+away. One of us will have to drive back after them."
+
+"Sure enough," said father, "I'll go because I am the one who forgot
+them."
+
+He started to get into the buggy.
+
+"Why, here are the groceries," said he. "Prince has brought them
+home."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: WHY ROVER WENT _to_ CHURCH]
+
+VIII
+
+
+On Sundays at Cloverfield Farm Rover always stayed at home to guard the
+place while the family went to church.
+
+Just once, a long time ago, he had followed clear to the church door,
+when Mr. Hill had sent him back home.
+
+One Sunday in summer, father hitched the horses to the big carriage and
+drove up to the horse block where mother and the children were waiting
+for him.
+
+"Did you lock all the doors?" asked father.
+
+"Yes," said mother, "and all the windows too."
+
+"Where is Rover?" asked father.
+
+"He is under the apple tree," said John.
+
+Then they got into the carriage and drove to church--father, John and
+Sue on the front seat; mother, Bobby and Baby Betty on the back seat.
+
+Past two farm houses, under the Big Trees, past two more farm houses,
+down the little hill and through the village they went to the big stone
+church on the brow of the big hill.
+
+After father had driven the horses and carriage under the shed at the
+rear of the church, all the family went into church and up the middle
+aisle to their pew near the front.
+
+Meanwhile at the farm Rover was having a good nap under the apple tree.
+
+Suddenly he was awakened by the sound of wheels on the gravel drive. Up
+he jumped and ran up the driveway to welcome the family home.
+
+But what was his surprise to see a strange horse and carriage and
+strange people in the carriage!
+
+"Strangers must not come into this yard when the folks are away,"
+thought Rover. So he ran toward them, growling and barking.
+
+"Bow-wow, bow-wow," barked Rover, "bow-wow-wow, gr-r-r-"
+
+"Hello, Rover," said a man's voice.
+
+[Illustration: "'Strangers must not come into this yard when the folks
+are away'"]
+
+"Why, I have heard that voice before," thought Rover.
+
+Then he ran nearer and saw that the man was Uncle James and the lady
+beside him was Aunt Polly.
+
+Rover stopped barking and growling and wagged his tail very hard and
+looked pleased, for he liked them.
+
+Uncle James got out of the carriage and went to the front door.
+
+He rang the bell and waited a few moments, but nobody came. He rang it
+again, but nobody came.
+
+"I thought somebody always stayed at home with Baby Betty," said Uncle
+James.
+
+"Perhaps some one is in the garden or out in the orchard," said Aunt
+Polly.
+
+Uncle James hitched the horse, and then they looked in the garden and
+in the orchard, but could find nobody.
+
+"Where are all the folks?" asked Aunt Polly of Rover.
+
+"Find Bobby and Baby Betty," said Uncle James.
+
+Rover pricked up his ears and opened his eyes very wide. He looked from
+Uncle James to Aunt Polly.
+
+"Go find Baby Betty," said Aunt Polly.
+
+Then Uncle James and Aunt Polly went to the front porch and sat in the
+big rockers.
+
+Rover started down the road toward the church. He trotted along quite
+fast past the two farm houses, under the Big Trees, past two more farm
+houses, down the little hill and through the village to the big stone
+church on the brow of the big hill.
+
+The front door was open, so he went through the vestibule into the big
+room where the minister was preaching.
+
+"Bow-wow, bow-wow," barked Rover.
+
+Farmer Hill looked around quickly, for he knew Rover's voice.
+
+When Rover saw Farmer Hill's face, he ran up the middle aisle to the
+pew where the Hill family sat.
+
+When they heard a dog bark in church, some of the boys snickered and
+some of the girls laughed and some of the older people smiled, but
+Farmer Hill put his hand on Rover's head and said very softly, "Lie
+down, Rover."
+
+So he lay down in the aisle with his head resting on his front paws and
+kept very still all through the service.
+
+When meeting was over, the minister came to Rover and patted him and
+said, "You behaved nicely in church, Rover."
+
+As they were driving home, John said, "I wonder why Rover came to
+church."
+
+"Perhaps he was lonesome at home alone," said mother.
+
+"Perhaps something is the matter there," said father.
+
+As they came into the yard, Sue was the first to see the visitors.
+
+"Why, there are Uncle James and Aunt Polly," she exclaimed.
+
+"Didn't Rover tell you that we were here?" asked Uncle James.
+
+"So that is why he came to church, is it?" said mother.
+
+"Rover is an intelligent dog," said father.
+
+Rover looked from one to another and lay down on the porch where they
+were all visiting together.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE HELPS MAKE ICE CREAM]
+
+IX
+
+
+It was the middle of winter and Cloverfield Farm was deep under snow.
+The ponds were all frozen over and even the little brook had stopped
+babbling and was frozen into silvery ice.
+
+Bobby liked the winter, because he could coast on the Little Hill and
+take rides in the big bob-sleigh.
+
+There was no work to be done on the farm in winter; so Prince and Daisy
+stood all day in their stalls in the Old Red Barn.
+
+"How would you like a long sleigh ride to-day, Bobby?" asked father one
+morning.
+
+"I'm ready for one; that would be great fun. Where are you going?"
+answered Bobby.
+
+"Well, harvest time has come," said father. "So Prince and Daisy and I
+are going to help harvest butter and ice cream."
+
+"This is not harvest time," said Bobby; "harvest time is in the summer
+when it is very hot. And besides, Prince and Daisy cannot make butter
+and ice cream. Mother makes the butter, and John freezes the ice
+cream."
+
+"Do you remember, Bobby, how they helped make bread?" asked father.
+
+"Yes," said Bobby.
+
+"If you will come with me, I will show you how they _do truly_ help to
+make butter and ice cream too," said father.
+
+"Shall I have to go far, father?"
+
+"Yes, it is quite a long drive. Ask mother to bundle you up warm," said
+father.
+
+Before long, father was at the door with the big bob-sleigh drawn by
+Prince and Daisy. He tucked Bobby in warm and snug with the buffalo
+robe, and then away they went. The bells on the horses jingled merrily
+as they went skimming along over the snow.
+
+"Are we going to the city?" asked Bobby.
+
+"No, Bobby, not this time. We are going to the river," said father.
+
+"I never saw any ice cream in the river," said Bobby.
+
+"Keep your eyes wide open, Bobby, and you will see Prince and Daisy
+help get ice cream from the river," said father.
+
+When they came to the river, Bobby could see that it was all one mass
+of ice. Men working there had swept the snow off and were cutting the
+ice into great blocks.
+
+"Oh!" said Bobby, "this is where we get the ice for John to put in the
+freezer."
+
+Father drove close down to the edge of the river and the men filled the
+sleigh with a great load of the big blocks of ice.
+
+"May I have a dish of the ice cream to-day?" asked Bobby.
+
+"Not to-day," said father, "not until summer."
+
+They were on the way home now, the horses going slowly with the heavy
+load.
+
+"But it will not be summer for a long time," said Bobby. "By that time
+the snow and ice will all melt."
+
+"This ice will not melt," said father, "even when spring comes and the
+snow goes off."
+
+"That is strange," said Bobby. "Truly I am afraid it will melt and then
+we shall have no ice cream."
+
+"Just watch," said father, "and see where I put it."
+
+When they reached home father drove to the ice house.
+
+"Look in there," he said to Bobby, "and tell me what you see."
+
+"I see a great pile of sawdust," said Bobby. "You won't put the ice in
+there will you, father? I do not want sawdust in my ice cream."
+
+"We will see that no sawdust gets into the ice cream," said father,
+"and yet we could not make the ice cream without it."
+
+Father carried the big cakes of ice into the ice house and piled them
+in rows on a deep layer of sawdust. Then he went for another load and
+another and another. All that week he kept drawing ice until the ice
+house was nearly full. Over the top of the ice and around the sides of
+it he packed sawdust until it looked like a mountain.
+
+"Are you trying to keep the ice warm?" asked Bobby.
+
+"No, Bobby, I am covering it with the sawdust to keep it cool," said
+father.
+
+"That is very strange," said Bobby. "Mother puts blankets on me to keep
+me warm. You put a blanket on the ice to keep it cool. I think there
+must be a mistake somewhere."
+
+After a few months spring came and the snow melted and the ice on the
+river melted.
+
+One day mother said, "If you will get me some ice we will have ice
+cream to-day. I am going to churn too and will need some for the
+butter."
+
+"I am afraid the ice is all melted, mother," said Bobby.
+
+"Come with me and we will see," said father.
+
+So they went to the ice house. Father climbed on top of the mountain of
+sawdust. Bobby climbed after him.
+
+Father dug some of the sawdust off, then said, "Now you may dig,
+Bobby."
+
+Bobby began to scoop the sawdust off. Pretty soon his hand touched
+something cold. He dug some more and then came to a piece of shiny
+silvery ice.
+
+Father lifted it out. There was a large cake of glittering ice just as
+they had put it in last winter.
+
+"Now we'll wash the sawdust off," said father.
+
+So they stopped at the well and washed it all clean, and then broke it
+into pieces. Part of it they took to mother to keep the butter cool;
+part of it to John to freeze the ice cream.
+
+When the ice cream was frozen and Bobby was eating a dish of it, father
+said, "Well, Bobby, who made the ice cream to-day?"
+
+"I see now," said Bobby. "We could not have had it on this hot day if
+Prince and Daisy had not drawn the heavy loads of ice last winter."
+
+"And I could not have made such good butter without the ice," said
+mother.
+
+"If horses liked ice cream," said Bobby, "I would give some of mine to
+Daisy and Prince."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE PLAYS TAG]
+
+X
+
+
+This is a story about Prince when he was naughty. It was one time when
+Farmer Hill let him out into the pasture for a day and Prince would not
+come back at night.
+
+It began when Farmer Hill said one Sunday morning in spring, "I will
+turn Prince and Daisy into the pasture to-day and let the other horses
+take us to church."
+
+All winter long Prince had been in his stall in the barn, except once
+in a while when he had been driven to the village or the city.
+
+He had been standing in the dark stall so long that when Farmer Hill
+turned him loose in the pasture, he felt very strange.
+
+At first he just stood near the bars and nibbled the short fresh grass.
+Then he slowly walked around to the clump of trees in the middle of the
+lot and ate some more grass; then he went to the far corner and took a
+drink of cool water from the little brook.
+
+The sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing in the trees.
+Prince liked the bright sunlight, he liked the gentle breeze, he liked
+the fresh grass.
+
+"I shall stay here always," thought Prince. "I should like to run and
+kick up my heels."
+
+So he kicked up his heels and ran to the other end of the field.
+
+After a while he went galloping back again.
+
+All day Prince and Daisy were out in the pasture, sometimes eating
+grass, sometimes resting under the trees, sometimes running and
+prancing around.
+
+Toward night, when it was time for them to go back into the stable,
+Farmer Hill came to the bars and whistled.
+
+They both heard him whistle.
+
+Daisy came running toward him, and he opened the stable door and put
+her in.
+
+But Prince did not come.
+
+Instead, he turned and ran to the other end of the field.
+
+"I shall not go into the stable tonight," thought Prince. "I shall stay
+here always."
+
+"He acts as frisky as a young colt," said father. "I shall have to put
+a halter on and lead him."
+
+So he took the halter from its peg near the stable door, and walked
+toward Prince.
+
+Farmer Hill had almost reached Prince, who had been standing quite
+still, when suddenly Prince kicked up his heels, gave his mane a toss
+and was off like the wind.
+
+"Whoa, Prince," said Farmer Hill.
+
+Prince did not stop until he reached the other end of the field near
+the barn.
+
+Farmer Hill came back toward him, and once more Prince stood still
+until he was almost there and then bounded off.
+
+"It is like a game of tag," said Bobby, who had been watching by the
+bars. "You never can catch him, father."
+
+"I will fool him," said father. "I shall catch him then."
+
+"How will you do it?" asked Bobby.
+
+"Just watch, Bobby, and you will see," said father.
+
+Father got a measure of oats from the granary and walked toward Prince,
+holding it out to him.
+
+When Prince saw the measure of oats, he wanted some to eat.
+
+After a while he started to walk up to the measure. Then he stopped.
+
+"I will not go near him," thought Prince. "I will stay out in the
+pasture."
+
+But the more he thought about the oats, the more he wanted them. After
+a while a bright idea came to him.
+
+"I will go and take one bite," thought Prince, "and then I will run
+away quickly."
+
+So he walked slowly up to Farmer Hill.
+
+Farmer Hill let him put his head into the measure.
+
+Prince took one bite. That tasted so good that he took another and
+another until the oats were all eaten. While he was eating, Farmer Hill
+slipped the halter around his neck.
+
+Then he tried to get away, but the halter held him tight.
+
+"I have you now," said Farmer Hill. "You must come into the stable."
+
+As father led him to the stable, Bobby said, "Prince was naughty that
+time, wasn't he, father?"
+
+"Yes," said father, "he led me a merry chase, but I cannot blame him
+much. Who would not rather be outdoors on a day like this than in the
+finest stable, or house either?"
+
+"I think Prince was sensible," said Bobby.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: ROVER DOES SOME MISCHIEF]
+
+XI
+
+
+Cloverfield Farmhouse had a new looking glass. It was a very large
+looking glass, reaching to the ceiling and almost down to the floor. It
+was in the parlor between the front windows. On the little shelf under
+it were two beautiful vases.
+
+Rover was not allowed in the parlor except once in a while. One Sunday
+John let him come in and lie in the corner.
+
+After a while all the people went out of the parlor. Rover was there
+alone fast asleep. When he wakened, he looked all around the room.
+
+Then he got up and walked around to find a door.
+
+There between the front windows was surely a door into another room.
+
+Rover saw himself in the looking glass, but thought it was another dog
+coming toward him into the parlor.
+
+He began to bark at the other dog. But the other dog did not go away.
+He even barked at Rover.
+
+Rover went nearer and the other dog came nearer too.
+
+Then Rover barked louder and showed his sharp white teeth. The other
+dog showed his sharp white teeth too, but did not go away.
+
+Rover barked and barked, which meant, "You must get right out of this
+house." Then he ran at the other dog very fast.
+
+He ran so fast that he bumped his head hard on the looking glass. He
+knocked over one of the pretty vases and broke it into a hundred
+pieces.
+
+Mother and Sue heard the crash. Father and John heard the crash. They
+all came running into the parlor.
+
+There, among the broken pieces of the vase, was Rover still looking
+savagely at the dog in the looking glass.
+
+John pulled him away from the glass. Mother said, "Bad dog, bad dog!"
+Sister Sue scolded him and opened the door and put him outdoors.
+
+[Illustration: "Rover looked savagely at the dog in the looking
+glass"]
+
+"Rover was fooled that time," said father.
+
+"We must not allow him in the parlor again," said mother.
+
+Rover knew he must have done something wrong. With his head down and
+his tail hanging very limp he went to the horse barn to lie in the dark
+corner and think it over.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: ROVER FINDS BABY BETTY]
+
+XII
+
+
+"Where is Baby Betty?" said mother, coming up from the cellar where she
+had been making butter.
+
+"I saw Baby Betty's pink sunbonnet in the front yard by the maple tree
+an hour ago," said big brother John. Then he ran to the front yard and
+looked everywhere--behind the maple tree, under the lilac bush, down by
+the road, but no Baby Betty was there.
+
+"I saw Baby Betty down by the pump not long ago," said father. Then
+they looked by the well, and in the corn crib and all through the
+farmyard, but no Baby Betty was there.
+
+"I saw Baby Betty's curly head in the garden a while ago," said big
+sister Sue. Then Sue ran to the garden and looked under the currant
+bushes, behind the asparagus bed and in the strawberry patch.
+
+But no Baby Betty was there.
+
+"Where, oh, where is Baby Betty?" said mother. Then they all looked,
+down the lane, in the apple orchard, in the clover field and behind the
+haystack, but no Baby Betty could be found.
+
+Just then Rover came home from the village with the hired man. "Where
+is Baby Betty?" said father. "Find Baby Betty." Then he showed Rover
+Betty's little pink sunbonnet. Rover smelled of it and looked around
+the yard and whined. First he ran to the front yard and then to the
+pump, then to the garden and then to the strawberry patch beyond the
+garden.
+
+"He thinks she is in the strawberry patch," said Sue, "but I looked
+there and I surely would have seen her."
+
+Up and down the rows went Rover, and across to the farther side of the
+patch. Soon he stopped and barked a little and then came running back.
+
+Again he started over to the strawberry patch. "I believe he wants us
+to follow," said mother.
+
+Then all of them followed Rover away to the farther side of the
+strawberry patch.
+
+There, behind a clump of tall plants, with her hand clutching some ripe
+berries, was Baby Betty fast asleep.
+
+Father lifted her and carried her to the house. Mother came close along
+by his side; while John and Sue patted Rover's neck and said, "Good
+dog, good dog."
+
+Rover looked up at them with his kind eyes and wagged his tail very
+hard.
+
+Baby Betty went to playing again in the yard, and Rover lay down under
+the apple tree to watch over her.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE SEES A DRAGON]
+
+XIII
+
+
+"May I have a horse to drive to town this afternoon?" asked mother one
+noon in summer. "I must take Bobby and Betty to get them some new
+shoes."
+
+"Yes," said father. "You may have Prince to-day. He is our safest
+horse."
+
+So Sue stayed at home to get supper, while mother and Bobby and Betty
+went away in the carriage toward the city.
+
+The city was ten miles away. It was a pleasant drive, past the little
+red school house, past farmhouses and orchards and cornfields and
+woods.
+
+When about half way there, down the road in front of them there
+appeared a big threshing machine, with its engine drawing it along.
+
+"Chug-chug-chug-chug," went the engine. Slowly it came toward them.
+
+"Do you think Prince will be scared?" asked Bobby.
+
+"I hope not," said mother, "but you had better take fast hold of Baby
+Betty so she will not tumble off the seat if he jumps."
+
+"Chug-chug-chug-chug," slowly came the engine.
+
+Prince pricked up his ears.
+
+"Whoa, Prince," said Mrs. Hill, "steady, Prince."
+
+"I'm not afraid of that," thought Prince. "I have seen that thing
+before. It makes a lot of noise, but it never hurts me."
+
+So he went along steady and easy past the threshing machine.
+
+After a while they came to a railroad crossing.
+
+"I will look down the track and you look up the track," said mother to
+Bobby.
+
+"I see a train coming," said Bobby.
+
+"We will wait until it goes past before we try to cross," said mother
+"Whoa, Prince."
+
+So Prince stood facing the track.
+
+On came the train, very fast. "Chug, chug, chug," went the engine.
+"Toot, toot," went the whistle. "Ding, dong, ding, dong," went the
+bell. Soon the train went whizzing past.
+
+Prince did not jump. He just stood still and looked at the train as it
+passed. You see, he had seen trains many times before.
+
+When the train had passed, Mrs. Hill drove over the track and on to
+town.
+
+After she had bought the new shoes for Bobby and Betty, they started
+home again.
+
+Just as they were going down Main Street, along came a parade with a
+brass band at its head. "We will stop here and see the parade," said
+mother.
+
+When the band came near them it played very loud. The drums were
+beating, "rub-a-dub-dub, rub-a-dub." The horns and the fifes and the
+flutes and the drums, all made a beautiful big sound.
+
+Prince pricked up his ears.
+
+"I have heard something like that before," thought he. "It never did me
+any harm."
+
+So he stood very still as the band went past.
+
+After the parade had gone by, they started toward home.
+
+"Prince seems not to be afraid of anything," said mother.
+
+As they drove along, Bobby was silent for a long time.
+
+At last he said, "I know what this is like, mother."
+
+"What is it like?" asked mother.
+
+"To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. Home again, home again,
+jiggity jig."
+
+"Only this time," said mother, "it is, To market, to market, to buy
+some new shoes. Home again, home again, what is the news?"
+
+It was almost dark by the time they passed the little red school house.
+
+Suddenly in the road ahead there appeared a strange object, coming
+straight toward them. It sounded something like a steam engine. "Chug,
+chug, chug, chug," it went.
+
+In its face were two great glaring eyes.
+
+"I never saw one of those before," thought Prince, "but I shall not
+jump."
+
+[Illustration: "'Whoa, Prince, steady, Prince,' said she"]
+
+On it came toward them very fast.
+
+Just as it was almost there, it went "honk! honk! honk!"
+
+Prince pricked up his ears. Mother held tight to the reins. "Whoa,
+Prince; steady, Prince," she said.
+
+Prince did not mean to jump, but he had never seen anything like that
+before and he was just a little scared. Just then the strange thing
+went "honk, honk," close to his ears, as it went whizzing past.
+
+Before they had time to think, jump went Prince to one side, which made
+Baby Betty slide off from the seat.
+
+"What was that?" asked Bobby.
+
+But mother did not answer, for Prince was pulling hard on the lines
+and going along very fast.
+
+"It must have been a dragon," thought Bobby.
+
+Though mother pulled on the reins as hard as she could, Prince did not
+slow up, for he was a strong-bitted horse and did not mind mother's
+pulling. He went fast all the way home.
+
+When he reached home, Prince just slowed up of his own accord and went
+trotting slowly into the yard.
+
+Father was waiting by the horse-block to help them out.
+
+"What fine new shoes!" he said. "What is the news?"
+
+"Prince jumped and ran when he saw the dragon," said Bobby.
+
+"The dragon?" said father. "Did you see a dragon?"
+
+"Yes," said Bobby, "and it hissed and sputtered and went 'squawk,
+squawk,' very loud and had two great big eyes."
+
+"Oh, that must have been one of those horseless carriages," said
+father.
+
+Bobby shook his head.
+
+"I am quite sure it was a dragon," said he. "Prince thought so too."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: HOW ROVER SAVED _the_ HOUSE]
+
+XIV
+
+
+It was a cold winter's night at Cloverfield Farm. Outdoors the snow lay
+deep on the ground. The cows and the horses were warm in the Old Red
+Barn. The hens and chickens were safe in the warm hen house. The pigs
+were snug and warm in the pig pen.
+
+Inside the house a big fire was burning merrily in the sitting-room
+stove. A fire was burning in the kitchen range.
+
+All the family had gone to bed. Rover had been allowed to sleep in the
+kitchen that night instead of in the cold wood shed.
+
+In the middle of the night the wind blew hard and made the kitchen fire
+roar up the chimney. It became hot--so hot that the wood around the
+chimney began to smoke and burn.
+
+All the family were asleep upstairs. They did not smell the smoke. They
+could not see the flames.
+
+But Rover was awakened by the smell of smoke and the crackling of the
+fire. The smoke made his eyes smart. He knew that something was wrong,
+so he began to bark.
+
+But nobody heard him and nobody came. Then he ran into the dining-room
+and barked, but nobody heard him and nobody came.
+
+He went to the door of the hall which had been left open just a little.
+Up the stairs, barking and barking, went Rover.
+
+Farmer Hill heard him, and thought, "What is Rover barking for?" Mrs.
+Hill heard him and said, "Something must be the matter. Let's go and
+see." John heard him and jumped up and ran down stairs. Farmer Hill and
+Mrs. Hill ran down stairs.
+
+Then they smelled the smoke and saw the fire.
+
+Mrs. Hill grabbed a pail of water and threw it on the fire.
+
+Mr. Hill went to the cistern pump and pumped a pail of water and threw
+it on the fire.
+
+John ran out to the well and brought a pail of water and threw it on
+the fire. Sue brought snow and put it on the fire.
+
+All together they worked, and soon the fire stopped blazing and went
+out.
+
+"If it had not been for Rover, the house might have burned down," said
+Farmer Hill.
+
+"Rover is a good dog," said Mrs. Hill as she patted him.
+
+"Good dog, good dog!" said John and Sue.
+
+They gave Rover a nice warm blanket to lie on, and fixed the stove so
+it could not draw so hard.
+
+Then the family went back to sleep.
+
+Rover lay down on the blanket, but he did not go to sleep.
+
+All that night he kept watch.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: PRINCE USES HIS EYES]
+
+XV
+
+
+One day in summer Farmer Hill said at breakfast, "I must go to the city
+to-day. There are many things to do, but I'll be back before dark."
+
+Then he hitched Prince to the carriage and started off along the road,
+down a long hill, over the little bridge at the foot of it, along miles
+of level road to the city.
+
+All day he was going about his errands, while Prince stood in a stable
+and ate his dinner and rested.
+
+Toward night, just as Farmer Hill was going to start home, a thunder
+storm came up. It thundered and lightened and rained and rained.
+
+It rained so hard that the water ran in the street like a river.
+
+Farmer Hill waited until the storm was over. By that time it was nearly
+dark.
+
+There were no street lamps along the road.
+
+There was no moon in the sky.
+
+There were no stars in the sky.
+
+It became so dark that Farmer Hill could not see more than three feet
+ahead.
+
+"I shall have to let Prince see for me," said he.
+
+Prince trotted along over the muddy road, now and then slowing up when
+he came to a pool of water, now and then turning out when they met
+another team.
+
+Finally they had come back as far as the foot of the hill where the
+little bridge was.
+
+"Now I shall soon be home," thought Farmer Hill.
+
+Just then Prince stopped stock still.
+
+"Get-up," said Farmer Hill. Prince did not go. "What is the matter?"
+thought Farmer Hill.
+
+He tried to look in front along the road, but could see nothing.
+
+Just then a flash of lightning came and lighted up the country around
+for a moment.
+
+[Illustration: "'Why! the bridge is gone!' said Farmer Hill"]
+
+"Why! the bridge is gone!" said Farmer Hill.
+
+Sure enough, the heavy rain had made the creek so high that it had
+swept away the little bridge.
+
+"If your eyes had not been better than mine," said he to Prince, "we
+should have been thrown into the water."
+
+Then he turned Prince around and went back along the road to the corner
+and took another road home.
+
+At last, very late in the evening, they came to the farm.
+
+"I am glad to be at home at last," thought Farmer Hill, as Prince
+turned in at the driveway.
+
+Again Prince stopped.
+
+"What is the matter now?" thought Farmer Hill. "Surely, there is no
+bridge gone here."
+
+"Get-up," he said to Prince. But Prince did not go ahead; instead he
+backed.
+
+It was so dark that Farmer Hill could not see the horse; he could not
+see the trees; he could not see the ground.
+
+"Get-up," said Farmer Hill again.
+
+Prince started forward; but this time he turned out and went on the
+grass at the side of the driveway.
+
+"I wonder what can be the matter there," said Farmer Hill.
+
+John and mother were waiting for father and came out on the back porch
+as they heard the wheels coming.
+
+"We were afraid something had happened to you, it is so late," said
+mother.
+
+Then father told them how the bridge was gone and how Prince had
+refused to go on.
+
+"But I cannot understand," said he, "why he would not come into the
+yard by the driveway."
+
+"I'll go and see," said John.
+
+John took the lantern and went down toward the road.
+
+In a moment he came running back.
+
+"Come here," he called. "That big flash of lightning must have struck
+here. There is a great hole in the ground."
+
+All ran to look.
+
+There in the driveway was a deep hole with the gravel and earth and
+big stones thrown about in all directions.
+
+"And Prince could see that in the dark!" said father. "Twice he saved
+me from harm."
+
+"He has wonderful eyes," said mother, "and he used them well."
+
+"I shall give him some extra oats and a lump of sugar," said John.
+
+THE END
+
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