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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: Familiar Animals - - -Author: Anonymous - - - -Release Date: November 9, 2020 [eBook #63692] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FAMILIAR ANIMALS*** - - -E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Jessica Hope, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) - - - -Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this - file which includes the original illustrations, - some in full color. - See 63692-h.htm or 63692-h.zip: - (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/63692/63692-h/63692-h.htm) - or - (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/63692/63692-h.zip) - - -Transcriber’s note: - - Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). - - - - - -[Illustration: - - _Familiar Animals_ - - - FRIENDLY ANIMAL SERIES - - COPYRIGHT 1904 BY - McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK] - - - - -THE COW. - - -“My name is Molly. This is the name my mistress gave me, and now -every one calls me by it. - -“Four years ago I was a little calf. At first I was as helpless as a -babe, and had to be fed with my mother’s milk. - -“At that time I was of no use to my master; but the children were -very fond of me, and they often came into the field to play with me. - -“Sometimes they tied ribbons round my neck, and called me pet names, -and we all had a good romp together in the meadow. - -“Now I am a grown-up cow, and I give milk to all the little children -who live at the farm. - -“I do not play with them now as I did when I was a calf; but when -they offer me a bunch of nice clover, I am always glad to eat it. - -“There comes Nancy, the milk-maid, with the milk-pail. She is coming -to milk me, and I am glad I have plenty to give her. - -“My master is very kind to me. In winter, when the cold weather -comes, I have a nice home to live in, with plenty of clean straw to -lie on. - -[Illustration: Nancy milking Molly in a field] - -“In summer I am out in the green fields all the day long. I have -plenty to eat, and nothing to do. - -“I do not work like the horse. So the least I can do is to supply my -master with plenty of milk; indeed it is for my milk that he keeps -me. Perhaps you do not know how useful milk is. Cream, butter, and -cheese are all made from it. - -“And now little boys and girls, after this long talk I must go down -to the river side and cool myself.” - -The good cow marched away down to the river. She was soon standing in -the water, and using her long tail to whisk away the flies that were -buzzing about her. - -[Illustration: The Calf] - -[Illustration: The Horse] - - - - -HOW THE CALF WAS FED. - - -There was a calf in the lot, and Al took the tin pail in his hand -and went out to feed it. - -Al thought it would be quite as glad to get its breakfast as the pigs -were to get theirs. - -But the calf did nothing of the kind. It had no horns as yet, but -there were two knobs on its head which would soon grow up into sharp -horns, and when Al came out with the tin pail, the calf bent her head -and gave the pail a butt with these hard bits of horns. - -“Well,” said Al, “I can not force you to eat if you do not want to.” - -So he went back to the house and set the pail down in the yard, and -said to Em, “I tried to feed the calf, but she would not eat, and now -it is time for me to go off to my work.” - -“Would not eat?” said Em. “I will see about that.” So she took up the -tin pail and went out to the lot where the calf was tied. - -Em came up to where the calf was, gave her one or two pats on the -head, and three strokes down the side, and called her all the pet -names she could think of. - -[Illustration: Em feeding the calf from a pail] - -“Now, my pet Snow-drop,” she said, “here is a nice breakfast I have -brought you, and I want you to eat it all, so that you can grow fat -and strong. You will, won’t you? She was my own dear little pet calf -so she was; and no one shall be cross to her or hurt her. Here is -milk, and bread, and all sorts of nice things; now come and eat.” - -And what did that calf do but put her head in the pail and eat as if -she would never get her fill. She licked, and licked, and licked the -pail, while Em stood by and laughed, and said to herself, “Well, a -calf is just like a child. When it will not eat, you must just coax -it, and pet it, and not scold or use cross words or looks. It is -strange that e-ven the dumb beast feels the force of a kind word.” - -[Illustration: A Mischievous Goat] - -[Illustration: The Cow] - - - - -THE HORSE. - - -I am sure that all of you know me, and think that I am a useful sort -of creature. I suppose most of you have had a ride in a wagon or -carriage drawn by me or some other horse. - -[Illustration: A girl and a boy with a horse] - -When I was a boy-horse I was called a colt. I lived then on a farm, -and did no work, but played most of the time in the fields. You may -see by the picture on this page that I was made quite a pet of by the -young folks on the farm. Pleasant times, indeed, those were with me! - -But when I was about four years old, I was “broken in.” You may not -know just what that means, so I will tell you. It means to teach a -horse to work. He must get used to having a bit in his mouth, and -learn to wear a bridle, a collar, a saddle, and a crupper. - -He must submit to being harnessed, and hitched to a wagon or -carriage. He must stand still when he is told to, and walk or trot, -fast or slow, just as his driver wishes. - -He must not start nor jump at anything he sees, nor bite, nor kick, -nor have any will of his own, but always do his master’s bidding. -A horse when he feels good is inclined to show his joy by prancing -about, and when tired he likes to lie down; but he must learn not to -follow these inclinations when he is in harness or under the saddle. - -Just think what a disagreeable thing it would be to have a bit in -your mouth! A piece of hard, cold metal pressing on your tongue, and -held on by straps about your head so that you cannot get rid of it. I -thought it was dreadful at first, but after a while grew so used to -it that I did not mind it. - -It was so with all the other things. It took time to make me -reconciled to submit to them, but by degrees they seemed easier and -easier, and now, as I have a kind master, I am glad that I am able to -be useful to him. - - - - - * * * * * * - - - - -Transcriber’s note: - - The original presentation of “e-ven” was retained: “It is strange that - e-ven the dumb beast” - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FAMILIAR ANIMALS*** - - -******* This file should be named 63692-0.txt or 63692-0.zip ******* - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/3/6/9/63692 - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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