BLACK BEAUTY

YOUNG FOLKS' EDITION

1902






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BLACK BEAUTY




CHAPTER I


MY EARLY HOME

The first place that I can well remember was a pleasant meadow with a
pond of clear water in it. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a
plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's
house, which stood by the roadside. While I was young I lived upon my
mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her