Now and then from some pasture came the snort and whinny of horses or the grunt of a frog from a marshy sink, and once, where a narrow path joined the road, he felt against his trousers the sniffing nose of a silent and friendly puppy.
It was answered by a low whinny and a soft thud of hoofs, and a golden-chestnut hunter thrust a long nose over the bars, flaring flame-lined nostrils to the touch of her hand.
As he was feeling the frame to discover the size of the opening, the low whinny of a horse came distinctly from within.
When half way, he heard the whinny of a horse which he could not see.
Once I thought I heard a horse whinny far away, and once I thought that I saw a streak of white disappear over the top of a hill.
From the far distance she thought she heard the beginning of a whinny in reply.
A faint whinny proved that the horses had been disturbed by the increase in the illumination.
The distance, however, was short, and he hurried on until he clambered over to the plateau and was greeted by a whinny from his pony, Dick, who was quick to recognize him.
The mare looked up and gave a welcoming whinnyas Randy Weston, Squire Weston's daughter, crossed the pasture, her pink sunbonnet hanging from her arm by its strings.
She had long been standing thus when a gentle whinny made her turn to offer the caress for which old Snowfoot was hinting.
Randy as she laid a caressing hand upon the mare's neck and looked into the soft eyes which seemed to express a world of love for the girl who never allowed a friendly whinny to pass unnoticed.
Buford looked up with eager whinny at Ralph's footstep, pricked his pretty ears, and looked as full of life and spirit as if he had never had a hard day's gallop in his life.
The dainty creature pricked up his finely-pointed ears, and turned to his master with a whinnyof delight.
At the sound of the loved voice the beautiful animal turned his head, with a whinny of delight.
Not finding it open, and being both cold and hungry, he began towhinny for assistance.
A snort, a hoof-beat, a whinny would betray him, and very liable was the animal to any of these expressions.
The stallion wheeled about, eyed the intruder for a moment doubtfully, then trotted up with a whinnyof pleased interrogation.
He gave a shrill, loud whinny of delight, galloped forward with much crashing of underbrush, and snuggled a coaxing muzzle under the arm of the astonished woodsman.
Their answer was a whinny of welcome, and down across the fields he dashed at a wild gallop that took no heed of fences.
They were sauntering about, talking in a desultory fashion, when all of a sudden a wild, joyous whinny rang out upon the startled air.
There he was though, at last, ready towhinny in welcome of their coming; but this glad greeting closed when Melchior's load was carefully balanced across his back, and the journey downward was very slowly and solemnly performed.
And out of the mist faint and far distant came the sound of a whinny in answer.
Very soon the children found themselves going down rather a steep descent, when Stonecrop again stopped and whinnied, and an answering whinny once more came faintly out of the mist.
Félice thought it very strange that he paid no heed to her when, as was her wont, she thrust her nose through the hedge and gave a mild whinny of welcome.
He never came down the road that she did not thrust her nose through the hedge and give a mild whinny of recognition, as if she fain would say: "Pray stop a moment and see Petit-Poulain and his old mother!
I never found you wrong, and I never knew your delicate nose to fail to sniff a friend before the eye could catch him, or your pleasant whinny fail to speak what you had guessed as well.
The next minute his own pony, saddled and bridled, as when he last saw him, walked forward in the firelight and uttered a faint whinny of pleasure at sight of his master.
Jill gave a faint whinny on recognizing his master, and seemed pleased to feel him in the saddle again.
Meanwhile the young woman herself had gone up the road to the high Glen and made her way over dykes and through fields to Whinny Knowe, which she had often visited since the August Sacrament.
As she passed Whinny with his bag of seed, he apologised for his wife.
Then he heard the frightened whinny of a horse, followed by a clatter of hoofs on the barn floor.
As they threw open the sliding door and entered, with the lighted lantern, the whinny of a horse greeted them.
Then, springing up, he ran to where Breezy raised his head with a pleasant whinny of welcome, took the water-bottle he always carried from where it was strapped to the back of the saddle, and returned to the cooking.
This took place after I had ceased to attend the Auld Licht kirk regularly; but I am told that as Whinny gave one wild scream the peppermint dropped from his mouth.
Whinny for years ate peppermint lozenges with impunity in his back seat, safe in the certainty that the minister, however much he might try, could not possibly see him.
Here sat Whinny Webster, so called because, having an inexplicable passion against them, he devoted his life to the extermination of whins.
But the little mare could only whinny her delight, and rub her soft nose against her mistress's sleeve.
As she rose from her stooping position she felt the soft nose of a horse touch her cheek gently, and a lowwhinny broke upon her ear.
As she drew near the building the unmistakable sound of a low whinny broke upon the air.
The brown horse whinnied as he clattered into the stable, and an answering whinny came from the furthest stall in the corner.
She unbarred the great doors, and entering the dim, fragrant place, was greeted by a five-fold whinny from the stalls, and a trampling of twenty friendly hoofs.
Your whinny seems to say-- "By Bealach forge and Creagach fair We'll gallop hard to-day!
The horses shall wade to their houghs In rivers of smoking blood, Charging thro' heaps of corpses Scattered in whinny and wood.
With a light whinny at the pleasure he felt because of the opportunity of stretching out his beautiful limbs he broke into a swift canter, heading straight for the point where his rider believed the friendly camp was to be found.
Freed from his incubus, Cap emitted a joyful whinnyand trotted toward his master.
He had not got more than half through it, when a low drowsy whinny made reply from the depths of the darkness before him, and the heart of Richard leaped in his bosom for joy.
At length an expostulatory whinny from Lady called Richard to his duty, and with compunctions of heart the pair hurried to mount.
It's gey rough, whinny grund, and has never been turned owre.
They met--he beneath, she above on the whinny braeface.
