Excerpt from Hayey's Stories for Children, Vol. 2
The Horse.
What a pretty horse! mamma. How I should like a horse! Let me have one, mamma, will you?"
"No, my dear Charles, you are not old enough to manage one: a wooden one will suit you best: he cannot hurt you."
"Papa has a horse like that, and it does not hurt him: why would it hurt me?"
"Because you are not strong enough to manage him, nor are you old enough to take care of him.
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