What animal has been one of mankind’s most faithful servants and one of his very best friends?
Can you explain the difference between the work horse, the saddle horse, the race horse, the fire horse?
Should we have as fine a city if there had never been any horses?
Can you think of some ways of repaying horses for the work they do for us?
When you grow old, how do you want to be treated, especially if you have worked hard all your life?
How do you think old horses should be treated?
Did you ever have a hard fall on the ice?
How did you walk afterward?
Could you have walked carefully if you had been going down hill holding back a heavy load?
How can we help horses in slippery weather?
How can we help them up when they fall?
Why is it harder to start to move a load than it is to keep it moving after it is started?
Do you know that many horses are made blind by being over-driven?
Tell a story showing how intelligent horses are.
Have you ever seen the non-slip chains which drivers can put on horses’ feet to keep them from slipping?
Have you ever read “Black Beauty,” or “Beautiful Joe,” or “Our Goldmine at Hollyhurst,” or “The Strike at Shane’s”?
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What are the names of some of the great societies founded to protect animals?
How can children help in such work?
Do children who are kind to animals turn out better than those who are cruel to them? Why?
If you had your choice as to what animal you would be, would you choose to be a horse?
Does it make any difference to you whether any one else is cold and hungry and tired and suffering? Whether an animal is suffering?
Will you tell your teacher the next time you help some animal?
Tell some of the things you think a horse would say if he could talk. A dog. A cat. A monkey. A bird.
Where does a horse get his strength? Should he not be well fed?
Children should never feel that their hands are too small and weak to help toward making the world a happier place for all to live in, for the world needs their work quite as much as it does that of the older people.—M. C. Yarrow.
