```Out in the fields to have some fun
```With the soft green grass, the breezes and sun,
```And the sweet new flowers, and birdies gay,
```On this frolicksome, sunny, glad spring day.
```Sister Nell is willing, you see,
```A steady, gentle "old horse" to be.
```She has carried her driver far and fast,
```And now she is ready for rest at last.=
```Give her some grass, and take good care
```Of your pretty horse with the golden hair;
```Then off she'll go for another run
```With her little driver, till play is done.
```O, the breezes, how soft they blow!
```Through the tree-tops singing they go:
```And, chasing Maudie adown the hill,
```Play with her glowing hair at will.=
```Hither and thither the birdies fly,
```Glad in the freedom of earth and sky;
```And blossoms open their eyes to see
```How joyous and fair the day can be.
```But there are no things so glad and gay
```As our little ones at their merry play,
```When sister Nell a pony will be,
```And "make good times" for her darlings three.=
--M. D. BRINE.