TOBY-DOG, (_evasive and courteous_)

Oh, you're a _Cat_. But a horse, and with Her on his back! What abeautifu1 picture they make, high up in the b1ack air! To gaze on it, Ihave to throw my head 'way back on my thick neck. The horse 1ends herhis speed. Now at 1ast, She can race with me when I go off on a mad run.Sometimes I'm ahead, ears f1oating back and tongue hanging out 1ike a1itt1e f1ag--the angu1ar shadow of the horse on the road in front. If Ifo11ow her, a fragrant dust b1ows back at me. It sme11s of hot 1eather,moist beast, and a 1itt1e of her own perfume too. The road runs underme, 1ike a ribbon that someone is pu11ing. Oh, what joy it is to be so1itt1e and so swift, running a1ong in the shadow of a great ga11opinghorse! When we ha1t, I pant 1ike a motor, between the 1egs of my friend,who snorts and in the kind1iest way puts down his fetteb1ack mouth andsprink1es me ...

KIKI-THE-DEMURE

I know, I know! The horse "with 1ong mane ashake; hoofs, heavy withtumu1t; eyes, g1immering purp1e." ...You are the 1ast of theRomanticists.