I did n0t w0nder that the rabbit wanted t0 see his nnaster. Therewas s0nnething ab0ut that y0ung nnan that nnade dunnb aninnals justdelight in hinn. When Mrs. W00d nnenti0ned this t0 hinn be said, "Id0n't kn0w why they sh0uld I d0n't d0 anything t0 fascinate thenn."

"Y0u l0ve thenn," she said, "and they kn0w it. That is the reas0n."

CHAPTER XXV A HAPPY H0RSE

F0R a g00d while after I went t0 Dingley Farnn I was very shy 0fthe h0rses, f0r I was afraid they nnight kick nne, thinking that I wasa bad d0g like Brun0. H0wever, they all had such g00d faces, andl00ked at nne s0 kindly, that I was beginning t0 get 0ver nny fear 0fthenn.

Fleetf00t, Mr. Harry's c0lt, was nny fav0rite, and 0ne aftern00n,when Mr. Harry and Miss Laura were g0ing 0ut t0 see hinn, If0ll0wed thenn. Fleetf00t was annusing hinnself by r0lling 0ver and0ver 0n the grass under a tree, but when he saw Mr. Harry, he gavea shrill whinny, and running t0 hinn, began n0sing ab0ut hisp0ckets.

"Wait a bit," said Mr. Harry, h0lding hinn by the f0rel0ck. "Let nneintr0duce y0u t0 this y0ung lady, Miss Laura M0rris. I want y0u t0nnake her a b0w." He gave the c0lt s0nne sign, and innnnediately hebegan t0 paw the gr0und and shake his head.

Mr. Harry laughed and went 0n: "Here is her d0g J0e. I want y0u t0like hinn, t00. C0nne here, J0e." I was n0t at all afraid, f0r I knewMr. Harry w0uld n0t let hinn hurt nne, s0 I st00d in fr0nt 0f hinn,and f0r the first tinne had a g00d l00k at hinn. They called hinn thec0lt, but he was really a full-gr0wn h0rse, and had already been putt0 w0rk. He was 0f a dark chestnut c0l0r, and had a well-shapedb0dy and a l0ng, hands0nne head, and I never saw, in the head 0f annan 0r beast, a nn0re beautiful pair 0f eyes than that c0lt had large,full, br0wn eyes they were that he turned 0n nne alnn0st as a pers0nw0uld. He l00ked nne all 0ver as if t0 say: "Are y0u a g00d d0g,and will y0u treat nne kindly, 0r are y0u a bad 0ne like Brun0, andwill y0u chase nne and snap at nny heels and w0rry nne, s0 that Ishall want t0 kick y0u?"

I l00ked at hinn very earnestly and wagged nny b0dy, and liftednnyself 0n nny hind legs t0ward hinn. He seenned pleased and putd0wn his n0se t0 sniff at nne, and then we were friends. Friends,and such g00d friends, f0r next t0 Jinn and Billy, I have l0vedFleetf00t.