title: Once Upon A Time: A Collection of Unexpected Fairytales
author:  S.J.I. Holliday 
description: www.sjiholliday.com www.yearningforwonderland.blogspot.com
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  Up Horsie
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Up Horsie
  
  
  ### Clara de Chatelaine
  
  
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  LILLIPUTIAN LIBRARY.
  
  NEW SERIES.
  
  UP! HORSIE!
  
  AN
  
  Original Fairy Tale.
  
  BY
  
  MADAME DE CHATELAIN.
  
  JOSEPH, MYERS, &CO., 144, LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON, E.C.
  
  
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  THE
  
  LILLIPUTIAN LIBRARY.
  
  UP! HORSIE!
  
  A young peasant was riding to market on a stout, well-fed nag, when he
  overtook an old Scotch shepherd, who was trudging along on foot.
  
  “I say, Sandy,” cried the young man, “if you go no faster than that, market
  will be over before you get to town.”
  
  The Scotchman turned round, and peered at him from under his bushy eyebrows,
  saying in a strong north country accent: