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NEDDY
_The Autobiography of a Donkey_
[Illustration]
[Illustration:
Illustrated Animal
Autobiographical Series
NEDDY
The Autobiography
of a
DONKEY
_Edited by_
Charles Welsh
H M CALDWELL CO.
BOSTON—NEW YORK
]
_Copyright, 1905_
BY H. M. CALDWELL CO.
_COLONIAL PRESS_
_Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A._
PREFACE
The leading incident of this autobiography of a donkey actually
occurred, and the scene at the police station was described by the
_Times_ newspaper in London at the time of the trial. Two others are
taken from a French source.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. NEDDY’S EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS 11
II. NEDDY’S FIRST LESSON 33
III. NEDDY RUNS AWAY 49
IV. NEDDY’S TRICK, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 63
V. NEDDY AT THE FAIR 83
VI. NEDDY CHANGES MASTERS 95
VII. NEDDY TRAVELS 117
VIII. NEDDY GETS HOME AGAIN 151
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
NEDDY _Frontispiece_
“I WAS NEVER TIRED OF ADMIRING MY LONG SOFT EARS” 39
“SHE JUMPED UP QUICKLY WITH A LITTLE SCREAM” 59
“AT LENGTH MY ADVERSARY, LOSING HIS BALANCE, FLEW OVER MY HEAD” 102
“I WAS LET OUT BY THE HOUR” 126
“I WENT RIGHT UP TO MY MISTRESS” 143
CHAPTER I.
NEDDY’S EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS
NEDDY