Have you ever seen children riding donkeys at the seaside? and have you
noticed how the boys beat the poor things sometimes to make them go
faster? I do not think a =kind= boy or girl would like to have a donkey
beaten. I hope =you= would not.
There was once a little dog who could not bear to see any creature
beaten. If any one were ill-treating a dog he would rush up and bark
quite angrily, and when he was driving in the dog-cart with his master,
he always used to hold the sleeve of his master's coat every time he
touched the horse with the whip, as if he would have said, "Do not beat
him, please". Now, if a =dog= knows that it is not kind to hurt dumb
creatures, we are sure boys and girls know.
(Blackboard.)
To Hurt Animals is Cruel, for the pain is needless.
It is Unfair, for they do not deserve it.
It is Cowardly, for often they cannot hurt you in return.