The Italian pulled his watch out of his pocket and showed it to the first pony, whose name was Diamond, and said, 'What time is it ?' The pony looked at it, then scratched four times with his forefoot on the platform.

The Italian said, 'Zat's good four o'clock.

But it's a few minutes after four how many ?' The pony scratched again five times.

The Italian showed his watch to the audience, and said that it was just five minutes past four.

Then he asked the pony how old he was.