Black Beauty / Level 2

My mother was a wise old horse with kind manners. We had a good, kind master. He gave us good food and spoke to us with kind words. My mother loved him very much and when she saw him at the gate she neighed with joy and ran towards him. He called me ‘Darkie’ because I was pitch-black with a white star on my forehead. I felt very happy when he gave me a piece of bread. Sometimes he brought a carrot for my mother. He had other horses but my mother and I were his favourite horses.Black Beauty is a beautiful, strong and well-behaved horse. He is born in a farm with good masters. He has a good mother and a good environment but when his master’s wife gets sick, they sell the horses to settle in a warmer place. Black Beauty’s adventure begins there. He is sold to different masters. Some treat him very well, some not so well, and some treat their horses terribly. He makes a few friends throughout his journey. He is especially fond of Ginger and they become best friends. After being sold to many masters he is sold to his final home and he has a good master in this farm. He is happy there but he misses his mother and Ginger.