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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 11. Plain Speaking
Chapter 11. Plain Speaking The longer I lived at Birtwick the more proud and happy I felt at having such a place. Our master and mistress were respected and beloved by all who knew them; they were good and kind to everybody and everything; not only men and women, but horses and donkeys, dogs and […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 10. A Talk in the Orchard
Chapter 10. A Talk in the Orchard Ginger and I were not of the regular tall carriage horse breed, we had more of the racing blood in us. We stood about fifteen and a half hands high; we were therefore just as good for riding as we were for driving, and our master used to […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 9. Merrylegs
Chapter 9. Merrylegs Mr. Blomefield, the vicar, had a large family of boys and girls; sometimes they used to come and play with Miss Jessie and Flora. One of the girls was as old as Miss Jessie; two of the boys were older, and there were several little ones. When they came there was plenty […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 8. Ginger’s Story Continued
Chapter 8. Ginger’s Story Continued The next time that Ginger and I were together in the paddock she told me about her first place. “After my breaking in,” she said, “I was bought by a dealer to match another chestnut horse. For some weeks he drove us together, and then we were sold to a […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 7. Ginger
Chapter 7. Ginger One day when Ginger and I were standing alone in the shade, we had a great deal of talk; she wanted to know all about my bringing up and breaking in, and I told her. “Well,” said she, “if I had had your bringing up I might have had as good a […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 6. Liberty
Chapter 6. Liberty I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I missed it must not be thought I was discontented; all who had to do with me were good and I had a light airy stable and the best of food. What more could I want? Why, […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 5. A Fair Start
Chapter 5. A Fair Start The name of the coachman was John Manly; he had a wife and one little child, and they lived in the coachman’s cottage, very near the stables. The next morning he took me into the yard and gave me a good grooming, and just as I was going into my […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 4. Birtwick Park
Chapter 4. Birtwick Park At this time I used to stand in the stable and my coat was brushed every day till it shone like a rook’s wing. It was early in May, when there came a man from Squire Gordon’s, who took me away to the hall. My master said, “Good-by, Darkie; be a […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 3. My Breaking In
Chapter 3. My Breaking In I was now beginning to grow handsome; my coat had grown fine and soft, and was bright black. I had one white foot and a pretty white star on my forehead. I was thought very handsome; my master would not sell me till I was four years old; he said […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 2. The Hunt
Chapter 2. The Hunt Before I was two years old a circumstance happened which I have never forgotten. It was early in the spring; there had been a little frost in the night, and a light mist still hung over the woods and meadows. I and the other colts were feeding at the lower part […]
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Read Black Beauty Online – Chapter 1. My Early Home
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Read Black Beauty Online – Right Here on The Equinest
As I run out of horse poetry to post I’ve began searching for more horse literature to share. In doing so I ran across a treasure trove including Black Beauty which was first published in 1877. Breaking Ground This realistic, bittersweet tale is written from the animal’s point of view, giving it a unique twist. […]