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I can hardly keep in the seat. But your wagon
does not tip down at all.”

Just then they heard somebody coming. They
looked round, and saw that it was Robert.

“Come, boys and girls,” said Robert, “jump
out of the wagon.”

“ Why can’t you let us ride?” said Eben.

“ Because,” said Robert, “I am going to put
the horse in.”

“ Are you going away ?” said Eben.

* No, but Comfort is.”

‘ Where is she going?” asked Lucy.

“JT don’t know,” replied Robert; and just
ag he said so, he opened a door which led
out of the shed into the barn, and disappeared.
In a few minutes he returned, leading out a
Horse.

He tied the horse to a ring, which was fastened
into a beam about as high as his head, and then
went into the harness-room after a hamess.

While he was putting the harness upon the
horse, Lucy and Eben continued their ride ; and
presently he told them that they might stay in
the wagon, and he would give them a real ride as
far as the door. Accordingly, when the horse
was harnessed, he backed the wagon out of the
shed, while Lucy and Eben sat in it; and then

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