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THE TALKING DONKEY
At last the coach arrived, and without making the least noise, for the wheels were wound with tow and rags. It was drawn by twelve pairs of little donkeys all of the same size but of different colors. Some were gray, some were brown, others were speckled like pepper and salt, and others were striped with bands of yellow and blue. But the most singular thing about them was that these twenty-four donkeys, instead of having shoes made of iron, wore on their feet white kid boots made like a man’s.
