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小说主人公"黑骏马"是一匹漂亮的优种黑马，从小生活在贵族人家，受过良好的训练，性格温顺，而且聪明、机智，主人非常喜欢他。但是好景不长，主人家里有了变故，黑骏马不得不被卖掉。他一连被卖过多次，接触过各种人:有喝多了酒就拿马撒气的醉汉，有动辄抽鞭子的出租马车车夫，有不把动物当回事的野蛮人，也有把动物当成朋友的好人家，尝尽了人间的甜酸苦辣，最后它侥幸有了一个好的归宿。

Chapter one: My First Home

I live in a big meadow with a pond and trees around it. During the day I run in the meadow草场 with my mother and at night I sleep next to her.

There are six other colts in the meadow. I run with them too and have great fun. But sometimes they kick and bite me.

My mother always says, ‘These colts are good but they're not

polite. You come from a family of famous horses. You must always be good and gentle, and never bite or kick.’

My mother's name is Duchess and she is old and wise. She is Our master's favorite horse and she always takes him to town in a small carriage, our master is a kind man. He gives us a lot of oats, a big carrot and a warm place to live. He always says nice things to us. Sometimes he gives us some sugar. We all love him.

One day I see a lot of dogs running in another green meadow and they are barking loudly.

‘What's happening, mother?’ I ask.

‘The dogs are running after a hare,’ she says. ‘There is a hunt.’

The dogs run fast and the hare does, too. There is a lot of noise. Finally the dogs catch the poor hare and kill it. Then another sad thing happens. Two horses and two men fall to the ground. One man gets up but the other does not. The dogs are silent now, and everyone is looking at the man and the two horses.

‘It's young George Gordon, the landowner's son.’ says mother sadly. The poor young man is dead.'

Only one horse gets up but the other cannot because his leg is broken. Someone runs to the master's house and gets a gun. There is a loud shot and the horse is dead.

I am four years old now and I am a handsome colt. I have a nice black coat and a white star on my forehead. One day the landowner, Mr Gordon, comes to look at me. He looks at my eyes, my teeth and my legs.

‘When you break him in, I want to see him,’ says Mr Gordon.

‘Very well, Mr Gordon,’ says my master. He smiles at me and says, ‘Tomorrow I must break you in. I must teach you to wear a saddle and bridle and carry a person on your back. Then I must teach you to pull a carriage.

‘Tomorrow is an important day,’ says mother quietly. ‘Remember, you must always listen to your master, and never bite or kick. And you must never jump when you're happy or stop when you're tired. Always be a good horse.’

The next day my master comes and talks to me quietly. Then he gently puts the bit into my mouth and the bridle on my face. The bit hurts my mouth and feels terrible, but my mother and other adult horses wear it too.

Then my master puts a saddle on my back and says kind words to me. He slowly gets on the saddle and rides me around the meadow. I am happy when I carry him. After some time he takes me to the blacksmith. The blacksmith puts on horseshoes. They are very heavy metal shoes and I do not like them.

‘Today we're going to visit my friend Simon,’ my master says. At Simon's house I stay in a meadow with cows and sheep. Suddenly a big train goes by and it makes a lot of noise and smoke. I run to the other side of the meadow because I am afraid, but the cows and sheep do not move. A lot of trains go by, but they do not hurt me so I am not afraid of them.

Sometimes I pull the carriage with my mother and she teaches me a lot of things. ‘There are many kinds of masters.’ she says. Some are good, but others are bad and cruel. You must always listen to them, and remember the good name of your family.’

In May, one of Mr Gordon's men comes and takes me away. My master says, ‘Goodbye, my friend. Be a good horse and always do your best.’ I cannot say goodbye, so I put my nose in his hand.

My new home at Mr Gordon's is lovely. There is a big stable马厩 and I have a comfortable stall.

There is another horse in the next stall. ‘Hello, what's your name?’ I ask.

‘My name is Merrylegs,’ says the horse. ‘I carry the young ladies on my back. Are you my new neighbor?’

‘Yes, I am.’

‘Do you bite?’ asks Merrylegs.

‘No, I don't,’ I answer. ‘I only bite grass.’

‘Oh, good, because the horse in the other stall sometimes bites,’ says Merrylegs. ‘She's a brown horse and her name is Ginger.’

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