黑骏马 02
2 Birtwick Park
I was beginning to grow handsome.
My coat was fine and soft, and was a shiny black.
I had one white foot, and a pretty white star on my forehead.
When I was four years old, Mr Gordon came to look at me.
He looked closely at my eyes, my mouth, and my legs, and then I had to walk and trot and gallop for him.
'When he has been trained, 'Mr Gordon said to my master, 'he will do very well. '
My master liked to train his horses himself before selling them, and the next day my training began.
To train a horse is to teach him to wear a saddle, and to carry a man, woman or child on his back.
The horse must also learn to wear a collar, and to stand still when it is put on; then to have a carriage fixed behind him, and to go fast or slow, whichever his driver wishes.
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