The Donkey pawed open a saddle-bag, drew forth with his teeth a card,
and presented it to Buddie, who spelled out the following:

PROFESSOR BRAY
TENORE BARITONALE
TEACHER OF SINGING ALL METHODS
CONCERTS AND RECITALS

While Buddie was reading this the Donkey again picked up his instrument
and thrummed the strings.

"Did you ever see a donkey play a lute?" said he. "That's an old saw,"
he added.

"I never saw a donkey before," said Buddie.

"You haven't traveled much," said the other. "The world is full of
them."

"This is the farthest I've ever been from home," confessed Buddie,
feeling very insignificant indeed.

"And how far may that be?"

Buddie couldn't tell exactly.

"But it can't be a great way," she said. "I live in the log house by the
lake."