As he was, like many squirrels, full of courage and dash and energy and excitement and mischief (not to say conceit) , he no sooner heard it than he was eager to be off.
It was the same conflicting emotion that made her desire to appear a delicate and high-bred lady with boys and to be, as well, a hoyden who was not above a few kisses.
The naughty boy, to shoot the old poet in that way; he who had taken him into his warm room, who had treated him so kindly, and who had given him warm wine and the very best apples!
Stubborn, stupid and dangerous or smart, playful and protective, Mark Meyers uses the last three adjectives to describe donkeys and he's devoted his life to rescuing them.