LESSON XXII.
THE HORSE AND ITS FRIENDS.
1. In some places men keep horses to ride when they go out to hunt foxes, and these horses are called hunters.
2. Dogs are also used in the hunt, and the horses and dogs are so much together that they often become the best of friends.
3. Once old “Hector,” a dog, had such a liking for his friend “Ben,” the hunter, that he would leave his own bed and go and sleep with Ben in the stable.
4. In the morning when Hector was let out, Ben would be very uneasy until he came back, and, when he came, the horse would give a joyful neigh.
5. Ben would stoop his head, and Hector would lick it all over, and then Ben would scratch Hector’s back with his teeth.