"No doubt," replied Dandy. "I know when Queen had her leg broken she told me how it hurt her. You must get around and see Queen and her babies as soon as you are able, although I expect by that time they will be in here, tumbling around you. They are the cutest little puppies I ever saw in my life."
"I shall be glad to," said Billy, "but just now I'm only thinking about one thing. I'm hungry."
"That's good," laughed Dandy, "you'll get something to eat all right. Nobody stays hungry around here. Bobby will be here with something to eat soon. He's the best boy in the world. As soon as you get well enough, he'll teach you to do tricks."
"Tricks?" said Billy in surprise. "I never heard of them. What are they?"
"Oh, you'll find out," said Dandy. "I can do a few of them myself. I can waltz on my hind legs, and stand on my head, and roll a barrel, and now I'm learning to stand on a globe and roll it backwards and forwards."
"My, but you are smart!" said Billy. "And does he ever whip you if you don't do them right?"
Dandy laughed and tossed his head.
"No indeed!" said he. "Bobby never had a whip in his hand. We're all of us glad to do anything he tells us."
"If you know how, stupid," croaked a new voice, and Billy looked up to see a tame black crow sitting in the window.
"Stupid yourself, Tarwings," said the pony, but it was in a friendly tone.