Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

05 A Fair Start The name of the coachman was John Manly; he had a wife and one little child, and they ...

to do. I found he was a very good rider, and thoughtful for his horse too. When he came home the lad ...

A few days after this I had to go out with Ginger in the carriage. I wondered how we should get on tog ...

06 Liberty I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I missed it must not be ...

freedom to do as we liked was so pleasant—to gallop, to lie down, and roll over on our backs, or to nibble the ...

07 Ginger One day when Ginger and I were standing alone in the shade, we had a great deal of talk; sh ...

have a kind master and plenty of coaxing, but there was nothing of that sort for me. “There was one—the ...

other colts led in, and I knew they were having a good feed. “At last, just as the sun went down, ...

08 Ginger's Story Continued The next time that Ginger and I were together in the paddock she told m ...

not help it; and I began to snap and kick when any one came to harness me; for this the groom bea ...

she grew much more gentle and cheerful, and had lost the watchful, defiant look that she used to turn ...

09 Merrylegs Mr. Blomefield, the vicar, had a large family of boys and girls; sometimes they used to come ...

thought we had had enough, so I stopped two or three times by way of a hint. Boys, you see, think a horse ...

10 A Talk in the Orchard Ginger and I were not of the regular tall carriage horse breed, we had more ...

“How dreadful!” I exclaimed. “Dreadful, ah! it was dreadful; but it was not only the pain, though that was t ...

Sir Oliver, though he was so gentle, was a fiery old fellow, and what he said was all so new to me, and so dreadfu ...

Some years ago, I remember, there was a hearse with two horses returning one dark night, and just ...

11 Plain Speaking The longer I lived at Birtwick the more proud and happy I felt at having such a p ...

“He had no business to make that turn; his road was straight on!” said the man roughly. “You have ...

of recovering himself if his head and neck are fastened back. And now,” said the master, laughing, “I have ...