animal, and it was not afraid."

"You like horses better than any other animals, don't you, Harry?" asked
Miss Laura.

"I believe I do, though I am very fond of that dog of yours. I think I
know more about horses than dogs. Have you noticed Scamp very much?"

"Oh, yes; I often watched her. She is such an amusing little creature."

"She's the most interesting one we've got, that is, after Fleetfoot.
Father got her from a man who couldn't manage her, and she came to us
with a legion of bad tricks. Father has taken solid comfort though, in
breaking her of them. She is his pet among our stock. I suppose you know
that horses, more than any other animals, are creatures of habit. If
they do a thing once, they will do it again. When she came to us, she
had a trick of biting at a person who gave her oats. She would do it
without fail, so father put a little stick under his arm, and every time
she would bite he would give her a rap over the nose. She soon got tired
of biting, and gave it up. Sometimes now, you'll see her make a snap at
father as if she was going to bite, and then look under his arm to see
if the stick is there. He cured some of her tricks in one way, and some
in another. One bad one she had was to start for the stable the minute
one of the traces was unfastened when we were unharnessing. She pulled
father over once, and another time she ran the shaft of the sulky clean
through the barn door. The next time father brought her in, he got ready
for her. He twisted the lines around his hands, and the minute she
began to bolt, he gave a tremendous jerk, that pulled her back upon
her haunches, and shouted, 'Whoa!' It cured her, and she never started
again, till he gave her the word. Often now, you'll see her throw her
head back when she is being unhitched. He only did it once, yet she
remembers. If we'd had the training of Scamp, she'd be a very different
animal. It's nearly all in the bringing up of a colt, whether it will
turn out vicious or gentle. If any one were to strike Fleetfoot, he
would not know what it meant. He has been brought up differently from
Scamp.

"She was probably trained by some brutal man who inspired her with
distrust of the human species. She never bites an animal, and seems
attached to all the other horses. She loves Fleetfoot and Cleve and
Pacer. Those three are her favorites."

"I love to go for drives with Cleve and Pacer," said Miss Laura, "they
are so steady and good. Uncle says they