"Whoa, Barney!" shouted Helen,
When off he dashed, "Whoa, whoa!"
And both the girls chased after him
As fast as they could go. (Page 81.)
THE
RUNAWAY DONKEY
AND OTHER
RHYMES FOR CHILDREN
BY
EMILIE POULSSON
AUTHOR OF "FINGER PLAYS FOR NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN,"
"THROUGH THE FARMYARD GATE," "CHILD
STORIES AND RHYMES"
ILLUSTRATED BY L. J. BRIDGMAN
BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD COMPANY
Published, August, 1905.
Copyright, 1905, by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company.
All Rights Reserved.
The Runaway Donkey.
PREFACE
Several of the rhymed stories in this book are true stories, and children mayenjoy them the more for knowing that Barney, a real donkey, did run away andplay pranks as the rhymes say; that Midget did ride horseback; that the deerdid toss the hay to the hungry pony; and that Queen Victoria did restore thebirds' nesting-place in the old round tower at Windsor. Pony Rollo, too, is a realcharacter, clever and lovable, although some liberties have been taken in theportrayal of him and his doings. Barney Gray is still living, petted by his nowgrown-up owners and enjoyed by all children who visit the farm to which thedonkey came about twenty years ago, and a drive with Barney is quite as likelynow as in former days to have unexpected features.
The pictures of Barney and some of the other pets have been drawn byMr. Bridgman from photographs taken expressly for this book.
In the belief that such rhymes as are herein offered gratify and increase inchildren both the love of animals and the sense of humor, this new volume is sentforth not only to give pleasure, but to contribute what it may to the fostering ofthese desirable traits.
Kindergartners will find here, as in Through the Farmyard Gate, suitablematerial for kindergarten use; for example, the cumulative rhyme, The Pigeons,and the tracing-back rhyme, Who Gives us Our Thanksgiving Dinner?
For courteous permission to use such of these rhymes as have already appearedin print, acknowledgments are made to publishers and periodicals as follows: TheCentury Company, New York (St. Nicholas); S. E. Cassino, Salem, Massachusetts(Little Folks); and Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts (KindergartenReview).
EMILIE POULSSON.
Boston, Mass., 1905.