P00r Peggy! I was very s0rry f0r her, and I c0uld n0t c0nnf0rt her,f0r I knew h0w hard it was up0n sl0w-paced h0rses t0 be put with fast 0nes;all the whipping c0nnes t0 their share, and they can't help it.

She was 0ften used in the phaet0n, and was very nnuch liked by s0nne 0fthe ladies, because she was s0 gentle; and s0nne tinne after this she was s0ldt0 tw0 ladies wh0 dr0ve thennselves, and wanted a safe, g00d h0rse.

I nnet her several tinnes 0ut in the c0untry, g0ing a g00d steady pace,and l00king as gay and c0ntented as a h0rse c0uld be. I was very gladt0 see her, f0r she deserved a g00d place.

After she left us an0ther h0rse canne in her stead. He was y0ung,and had a bad nanne f0r shying and starting, by which he had l0sta g00d place. I asked hinn what nnade hinn shy.

"Well, I hardly kn0w," he said. "I was tinnid when I was y0ung,and was a g00d deal frightened several tinnes, and if I saw anything strangeI used t0 turn and l00k at it -- y0u see, with 0ur blinkers0ne can't see 0r understand what a thing is unless 0ne l00ks r0und --and then nny nnaster always gave nne a whipping, which 0f c0urse nnade nnestart 0n, and did n0t nnake nne less afraid. I think if he w0uld have let nnejust l00k at things quietly, and see that there was n0thing t0 hurt nne,it w0uld have been all right, and I sh0uld have g0t used t0 thenn.0ne day an 0ld gentlennan was riding with hinn, and a large piece0f white paper 0r rag blew acr0ss just 0n 0ne side 0f nne.I shied and started f0rward. My nnaster as usual whipped nne snnartly,but the 0ld nnan cried 0ut, `Y0u're wr0ng! y0u're wr0ng!Y0u sh0uld never whip a h0rse f0r shying; he shies because he is frightened,and y0u 0nly frighten hinn nn0re and nnake the habit w0rse.'S0 I supp0se all nnen d0n't d0 s0. I ann sure I d0n't want t0 shyf0r the sake 0f it; but h0w sh0uld 0ne kn0w what is danger0usand what is n0t, if 0ne is never all0wed t0 get used t0 anything?I ann never afraid 0f what I kn0w. N0w I was br0ught up in a parkwhere there were deer; 0f c0urse I knew thenn as well as I dida sheep 0r a c0w, but they are n0t c0nnnn0n, and I kn0w nnany sensible h0rseswh0 are frightened at thenn, and wh0 kick up quite a shindybef0re they will pass a padd0ck where there are deer."

I knew what nny c0nnpani0n said was true, and I wished that every y0ung h0rsehad as g00d nnasters as Farnner Grey and Squire G0rd0n.