New England Joke Lore: The Tonic of Yankee Humor
CHAPTER VI.
DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND THEIR PART IN LEGENDARY HUMOR.
The Story of a Wandering Sheep--The Young and “Self-Centered” Ram--The Sudden Enlightenment of the Young Pup--A Hen Heroine--The Story of the “Lolling” Horse--The Farmer Who Borrowed the Blind Horse--The Lame Horse That was Suddenly Cured--The Bird Policeman--The Evicted Swallows--The Proprietary Attitude of the Robins--The Haunted Cat 108-132