‘72 THE PONY WHICH SAVED A LITTLE GIRL’S LIFE.

him, and kept close to his heels, till the crowing of the cocks
in the neighbouring farms warned the robbers to make their
‘escape.

 

THE PONY WHICH SAVED A LITTLE
GIRLS LIFE.

A SMALL pony, belonging to a gentleman in Warwickshire,
was fed in a park through which a canal passes. It was a
great favourite, having been long kept in the family, and
was ridden by the children.

A little girl—the daughter of the owner of the property
—had run out by herself into the park, and made her way
to the banks of the canal. As she was playing near the
water, she fell in. Her cries were heard by the pony, which,
galloping forward, plunged into the water, and lifting her in
his mouth, brought her safely to the shore.

However weak or apparently unequal your means, you
may often, if you employ them to the best of your power,
render good service to your fellow-creatures.

 

THE WISE HORSE AND THE PUMP.

A HORSE was shut up in a small enclosure near Leeds, in a
corner of which stood a pump with a tub beneath it. The
groom, however, often forgot to fill the tub, and then the
horse had no water to drink. The animal had observed the
way in which water was got, and one night, when the tub
was empty, he was seen to take the pump handle in his