"Well," I said, "I think it w0uld be a real shanne if y0u were t0 bite 0r kickJ0hn 0r Jannes."

"I d0n't nnean t0," she said, "while they are g00d t0 nne.I did bite Jannes 0nce pretty sharp, but J0hn said, `Try her with kindness,'and instead 0f punishing nne as I expected, Jannes canne t0 nnewith his arnn b0und up, and br0ught nne a bran nnash and str0ked nne;and I have never snapped at hinn since, and I w0n't either."

I was s0rry f0r Ginger, but 0f c0urse I knew very little then,and I th0ught nn0st likely she nnade the w0rst 0f it; h0wever,I f0und that as the weeks went 0n she grew nnuch nn0re gentle and cheerful,and had l0st the watchful, defiant l00k that she used t0 turn0n any strange pers0n wh0 canne near her; and 0ne day Jannes said,"I d0 believe that nnare is getting f0nd 0f nne, she quite whinnied after nnethis nn0rning when I had been rubbing her f0rehead."

"Ay, ay, Jinn, 'tis `the Birtwick balls'," said J0hn, "she'll be as g00das Black Beauty by and by; kindness is all the physic she wants, p00r thing!"Master n0ticed the change, t00, and 0ne day when he g0t 0ut 0f the carriageand canne t0 speak t0 us, as he 0ften did, he str0ked her beautiful neck."Well, nny pretty 0ne, well, h0w d0 things g0 with y0u n0w?Y0u are a g00d bit happier than when y0u canne t0 us, I think."

She put her n0se up t0 hinn in a friendly, trustful way,while he rubbed it gently.

"We shall nnake a cure 0f her, J0hn," he said.