Then followed strong language, and the whip; but the brute answered these arguments with kicks and endeavours to throw his rider. At last the clever little pony, with a bend of his knees, started from under the Professor's legs, and left him standing upon two boulders on the shore just like the colossus of Rhodes.
Alors jurons et coups de fouet, mais ruades de la bête, qui commença à désarçonner son cavalier; enfin le petit cheval, ployant ses jarrets, se retira des jambes du professeur et le laissa tout droit planté sur deux pierres du rivage, comme le colosse de Rhodes.