“It’s Mistah Mule,” Ebenezer told her. “He’s laughing. I wonder what the joke is.”
At that moment old dog Spot came scurrying out of the barn. He had his tail tucked between his legs; and his face wore a frightened look.
“What’s the joke?” the horse Ebenezer called to him.
“Mistah Mule just kicked Farmer Green,” Spot yelped. “And then Mistah Mule laughed. Didn’t you hear him?”
Ebenezer nodded.
“Did Farmer Green laugh at the joke too?” asked Miss Kitty Cat.
“He did not,” old Spot howled. “He was so angry that he scared me; though goodness knows I had nothing to do with the affair. I was merely an onlooker.”
“Are you sure you didn’t nip at Mistah Mule’s heels?” the horse inquired.
“Not I!” Spot assured him. “A good many years ago I went too near a Mule’s heels down at the village. And I’ve never forgotten what happened.”