Tale of Pony Twinkleheels, The by BAILEY, Arthur Scott

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 horses speed. Twinkleheels friends knew that he didnt care to be beaten by any horse, no matter how long-legged. Its 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)