But Prince was nowhere to be seen.
"Are you sure he came in here?" asked Farmer Ross.
"Not sure," said Farmer Hill, "but I think he did. Could he have gone into the barn?"
They went to the stable door and looked.
There was Prince standing quietly in his stall, eating hay from the rack.
"I told you he always remembered the way home," said Farmer Ross.
"I'll take him back and this time we'll be more careful with him," said Farmer Hill.
So again he led Prince home and put him in the stall beside Daisy.
Every day he fed him plenty of hay and oats, gave him a good bed of straw to lie on at night, and always treated him kindly.
John sometimes gave him a lump of sugar, but father always led him out to water and held the halter very tightly.