Chapter I: Preface

The leading incident of this autobiography of a donkey actually occurred, and the scene at the police station was described by the _Times_ newspaper in London at the time of the trial. Two others are taken from a French source.

CONTENTS

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I. NEDDY’S EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS 11

II. NEDDY’S FIRST LESSON 33

III. NEDDY RUNS AWAY 49

IV. NEDDY’S TRICK, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 63

V. NEDDY AT THE FAIR 83

VI. NEDDY CHANGES MASTERS 95

VII. NEDDY TRAVELS 117

VIII. NEDDY GETS HOME AGAIN 151

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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NEDDY _Frontispiece_

“I WAS NEVER TIRED OF ADMIRING MY LONG SOFT EARS” 39

“SHE JUMPED UP QUICKLY WITH A LITTLE SCREAM” 59

“AT LENGTH MY ADVERSARY, LOSING HIS BALANCE, FLEW OVER MY HEAD” 102

“I WAS LET OUT BY THE HOUR” 126

“I WENT RIGHT UP TO MY MISTRESS” 143

CHAPTER I.

NEDDY’S EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS

NEDDY