3. They wondered how he could eat such prickly things as thistles. A
horse would never touch them.

4. One day his master took him into the garden while he was working. He
let Neddy go up and down the paths and crop the grass, which had grown
long on the little grass-plot.

5. The donkey did not once try to get at the pears and apples; he did
not even look at them.

6. His master was pleased, and said to his wife: 'It is quite safe to
leave the gate open, and let Neddy come into the garden when he likes. I
shall be away to-morrow, but you need not look after him. He will be all
right.'

7. Next day, Neddy walked into the garden, found that no one was there,
and began to eat the fruit. He had a good feast before his mistress saw
him from the window.

8. Then he was driven out, and the gate was shut. After that he always
had to find his dinner in the lane.

9. The children saw him one day feeding with a white horse that had
come down from the farm, and they stopped to talk to them.

10. Then Dora said to Harry:

'They are like each other, and yet not like! Neddy has a shaggy coat.'

'And his mane is short, and stands up.'