Frankie Silvers of Toll River Valley, North Carolina, was sentenced to death for killing her husband with an axe. She mounted the gallows eating a piece of cake and refused to be hanged until she had enjoyed the last crumb. Here's the story of a pony that certainly was a child's best friend. In Lurwick, which is in the Shetland Islands, a pony saved a child from drowning. Seeing the youngster in trouble, it dove into the sea from a high bank, swam to the child's aid, and then scrambled ashore with its teeth holding the child by the clothing, all without a human command. Believe It or Not!
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