Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, The Gipsy Praises his Horse
“ What kind of a feeder is he? That 's the kind! “Is he clever at jumping a fence?” What a question to ask! He 's immense At a leap! How absurd! Why, the trouble 's to keep Such a Pegasus down to the ground. ”
Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, The Gipsy Praises his Horse
“ To be hugged by the girls and be praised by the chaps. We had beaten the gale, And Selim was dry as a bone—well, perhaps, Just a little bit damp on the tip of his tail. [1] ↑ Readers will be reminded by this conclusion of Mark Twain's story of the fast horse as told to him by Oudinot, of the Sandwich Islands, and recorded in “The Galaxy” for April, 1871. In that veracious narrative it is related that not a single drop fell on the driver, but the dog was swimming behind the wagon all the way. ”
