The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 - 1949)

"When Johnnie Green sent him along the road at a trot, Twinkleheels' tiny feet moved so fast that you could scarcely have told one from another. Being a pony, and only half as big as a horse, he had to move his legs twice as quickly as a horse did in order to travel at a horse's speed. Twinkleheels' friends knew that he didn't care to be beaten by any horse, no matter how long-legged. "It's spirit, not size, that counts," Farmer Green often remarked as he watched Twinkleheels tripping out of the yard, sometimes with Johnnie on his back, sometimes drawing Johnnie in a little, red-wheeled buggy. Old dog Spot agreed with Farmer Green. When Twinkleheels first came to live on the farm Spot had thought him something of a joke." (Summary by author)

Genre(s): Animals & Nature

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01 - A BIG LITTLE PONY Kimberly Krause
00:04:01
Play 02 02 - FUN IN THE PASTURE Kimberly Krause
00:03:12
Play 03 03 - TRICKING TWINKLEHEELS Lynne T
00:04:03
Play 04 04 - THE CHEATER CHEATED Lynne T
00:04:31
Play 05 05 - FLYING FEET Lynne T
00:03:40
Play 06 06 - PICKING CURRANTS Greg Giordano
00:03:34
Play 07 07 - CAUGHT! Etel Buss
00:04:57
Play 08 08 - A GOOD SLEEPER Lynne T
00:04:18
Play 09 09 - THE RACE Greg Giordano
00:03:42
Play 10 10 - EBENEZER'S RECORD Reeses118
00:03:25
Play 11 11 - BRIGHT AND BROAD Reeses118
00:03:24
Play 12 12 - NO SCHOOL TO-DAY Lynne T
00:03:47
Play 13 13 - FUN AND GRUMBLES Rachel Deller
00:03:41
Play 14 14 - STUCK IN A DRIFT Rachel Deller
00:04:00
Play 15 15 - STEPPING HIGH Kimberly Krause
00:04:23
Play 16 16 - THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP Kimberly Krause
00:03:33
Play 17 17 - A WHITE VIXEN Kimberly Krause
00:03:55
Play 18 18 - NEW SHOES Kimberly Krause
00:04:19
Play 19 19 - THRASHING TIME Kimberly Krause
00:03:59
Play 20 20 - A MEALY NOSE Kimberly Krause
00:04:33
Play 21 21 - JUMPING MUD PUDDLES Kimberly Krause
00:03:24
Play 22 22 - THE CIRCUS RIDER Etel Buss
00:04:51
Play 23 23 - GOING FISHING Kimberly Krause
00:03:36
Play 24 24 - BOYS WILL BE BOYS Etel Buss
00:05:26