84 DONKEY BOB, THE POLICEMAN.

DONKEY BOB, THE POLICEMAN.

Mrs. F
was kept in a field with other animals, and grazed quietly with

’s father-in-law had a donkey named Bob, which

 

them, but carefully guarded the entrance against all intruders.
If any strange cows, sheep, or pigs ventured within his
bounds, Bob instantly ran at them full tilt, and hunted them
from the field, kicking out his heels and biting whenever he
had the chance. Indeed, if he but saw them inclined to come
in, he would stand in the gap and defend it bravely. So
watchful was he that it was not thought necessary to have a
herdsman in the place.

Bob was clearly convinced that it was his duty to keep
that field against all intruders... Dear young reader, when
you have the property of another person to watch over, guara
it as thoroughly as did honest Bob his master’s field.

 

THE ASS AND THE DOOR-LATCH.

A CERTAIN ass had his quarters in a shed, in front of which
was a small yard. On one side of the yard was a kitchen
garden, separated from it by a wall, in which was a door
fastened by two bolts and a latch. The owner of the place
one morning, in taking a turn round his garden, saw the
footprints of an ass on the walks and beds, “Surely some
one must have left the door open at night,” thought the
master. He accordingly took care to see that it was closed.
Again, however, he found that the ass had visited the garden.