Project Gutenberg 2025-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 360 Le Feuvre, Amy 1861 1929 Feuvre, Amy Le Feuvre, Amy le Groome, William H. C. 1860 1914 Groome, W. H. C. (William H. C.) Groome, W.H.C. "Us, and our donkey" $aLondon :$bThe Religious Tract Society, $c1909. "Us, and our donkey" by Amy Le Feuvre is a children's novel written in the late 19th century. Told by lively Grisel Marjoribanks, it follows a clergyman’s spirited children in a rural English village as they scheme to buy a donkey, tumble into scrapes, and absorb gentle Christian lessons. The cast includes practical Denys, dreamy Aylwin, mischievous Lynette, and earnest little Puff, with village life, churchgoing, and neighborly ties shaping their adventures. The opening of the story introduces the Marjoribanks family’s move to a Lincolnshire rectory after their mother’s death, their new house and garden, and the children’s plan to earn money for a donkey. Each tries a scheme: Lynette makes toffee for the village shop; Grisel secretly rides the carrier’s cart to market to sell flowers and vegetables (earning praise and a quiet rebuke from her father); Denys sells trout after an awkward brush with the squire’s private water; and Aylwin labors in the hayfields. Church life and the knight’s motto “Semper fidelis, semper paratus” frame the moral tone, while Lynette’s impulsiveness leads to a runaway-pony incident that results in new friendships with Clarice and Beatrice at the Hall. A Sunday sermon on “Come, Go, Do” nudges Denys to teach the infants’ class, and little Puff’s earnest prayers are “answered” when Granny sends money—bringing the donkey dream within reach. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250707061047lefeuvre 1909 GB Reading ease score: 90.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Domestic fiction Motherless families -- Juvenile fiction Donkeys -- Juvenile fiction Families of clergy -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels Category: British Literature 331191 2025-07-30T08:35:19.224408 text/html 306470 2025-07-19T13:21:02 text/html 1359661 2025-07-30T08:35:23.941341 application/epub+zip 1364909 2025-07-30T08:35:19.900345 application/epub+zip 181782 2025-07-30T08:35:19.520365 application/epub+zip 1464546 2025-07-30T08:35:27.031270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1445345 2025-07-30T08:35:23.565324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309407 2025-07-30T08:35:18.483304 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289678 2025-07-19T13:21:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14961 2025-07-30T08:35:27.176278 application/rdf+xml 20033 2025-07-30T08:35:19.619324 image/jpeg 2968 2025-07-30T08:35:19.574331 image/jpeg 1490522 2025-07-30T08:35:19.281312 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog