The Naming of Black Beauty

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Horse Stories The Naming of Black Beauty book is a beautifully illustrated introduction to classic literature for kids ages 5-8. Charming illustrations bring each of the four enchanting stories of bravery and adventure to life. The tales, including an extract from Anna Sewell s Black Beauty and Andrew Lang s The War Horse of Alexander, have been simply retold to encourage young readers. Stories found in Horse Stories The Naming of Black Beauty book: # Old Gunpowder and the Ghost by Washington Irving# Pegasus, the Winged Horse by James Baldwin# The Naming of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell# The War Horse of Alexander by Andrew Lang An extract from The Naming of Black Beauty: Just then a horse s head looked over from the stall beyond, the ears were laid back, and the eye looked rather ill-tempered. This was a tall chestnut mare, with a long handsome neck. She looked across to me and said, So it is you who has turned me out of my box, it is a very strange thing for a colt like you to come and turn a lady out of her own home. I beg your pardon, I said, I have turned no one out, the man who brought me put me here, and I had nothing to do with it, and as to my being a colt, I am turned four years old and am a grown-up horse. I never had words yet with horse or mare and it is my wish to live in peace. Well, she said, we shall see. I said no more.