10 Amazing Animal Stories by Arcturus Publishing

Author:Arcturus Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

Our master was a good, kind man. He gave us good food, good lodging and kind words; he spoke as kindly to us as he did to his little children. We were all fond of him, and my mother loved him very much. When she saw him at the gate, she would neigh with joy, and trot up to him.

He would pat and stroke her, then he would give me a piece of bread, which was very good, and sometimes he brought a carrot for my mother.

All the horses would come to him, but I think we were his favourites. My mother always took him to the town on a market day in a little gig.

There was a ploughboy, Dick, who sometimes came into our field to pluck blackberries from the hedge. When he had eaten all he wanted, he would have what he called fun with the colts, throwing stones and sticks at them to make them gallop. We did not much mind him, for we could gallop off; but sometimes a stone would hit and hurt us.

One day, he was at this game, and did not know that the master was in the next field, watching what was going on. Over the hedge he jumped, and, catching Dick by the arm, he gave him such a box on the ear as made him roar. As soon as we saw the master, we trotted up to see what went on.

“Bad boy!” he said. “Bad boy to chase the colts! This is not the first time, but it shall be the last. There – take your money and go home. I shall not want you on my farm again.” So we never saw Dick any more. Old Daniel, the man who looked after the horses, was just as gentle as our master, so we were well off.

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