Black Beauty

Black Beauty — page 1
My early home and the first place I can remember well was a large pleasant meadow with trees and a pond of clear water in it I lived with my mother who was named Duchess In the daytime I ran by her side and at night I lay down close to her There were some young horses that lived in the meadow too but my mother said they were cart horses You are well bred she said I want you to grow to be gentle and not kick or bite I never forgot my mother’s advice for she was a wise old horse