"Now I will put Prince in the stall next to Daisy's," said father.
He went toward the barn leading Prince, while John and Bobby followed along.
When they reached the barn, Farmer Hill gave Prince a drink from the watering trough, opened the big door and led him into the stall.
In the manger were some oats, and the rack was filled with hay which he could eat whenever he wished.
So Prince had plenty to eat and a good stall to stand in. But he was not happy.
He kept thinking of his old home.
It was not nearly so big a stall as this and not nearly so fine a barn. The oats there were no better and the hay no sweeter. But that had been his home all his life, so he kept thinking about it and wishing he were there.
The fact was that Prince was homesick.
"I'll go back there if I get a chance," thought Prince, "and live in my old stall, with the horses in Farmer Ross's barn."