“Didn’t you see what Farmer Green led into the barn a few minutes ago?” he inquired.
“No! What was it?” Miss Kitty answered eagerly.
The old horse Ebenezer yawned, as if there was something that made him very, very weary.
“It was a most peculiar person,” he told Miss Kitty Cat. “I made myself known to him; and asked him his name. He said it was ‘Mistah Mule.’ And then what do you think he did?”
Miss Kitty couldn’t guess.
“He tried to kick me,” said old Ebenezer in a tone of great disgust.
“Is he going to live here? Or is he only a guest?” Miss Kitty Cat wanted to know.
“He’s here to stay until Farmer Green gets tired of him,” Ebenezer explained. “The worst of it is, he’s going to have a stall right next to mine. I know already that I shall not enjoy having him as a next-door neighbor.”
All at once there was a great commotion in the barn. First came a thumping, pounding noise. Then Farmer Green’s voice rose above the racket. And next followed an odd sound, “Hee-haw! Hee-haw!”
“What’s that?” Miss Kitty Cat cried.