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I remember my first house where I and my mother 

were living. My master was called as 'Farmer 

Grey'. He used to call me as Darkie because I had 

a dull-black skin colour and my mother as 

Duchess. I called my mother as Pet. Our master 

was very kind and gentle so we were very happy 

to see him come to clean our place and to wash us. 

My mother always told me to be a good horse in 

the world because his father won the first prize in a 

worldwide race and his grandmother was the 

kindest horse in the world. Soon at the age of four 

it was the time for me to be sold. 

My new house was at Birtwick Park and I was sold to a 

gentleman named Squire Gordon. He thought that I was 

cute and so he decided to call me Black Beauty. I was 

glad that I was free to roam around. I made my first friend 

there named Merrylegs. She told me that she carries all 

the master's children for a ride. I made two other friends 

named Ginger and Justice. I was riden by a groom called 

John Manley. He used to always like me and used to good 

things about me to our   master. A nineteen year old boy 

named James Howard, used   to clean our stables and was 

very kind to us. I used to spend the most time with Ginger 

because she was very ill-treated in her last home and I 

wanted to know her sad story.

One morning, just as I woke up, I saw fire in my master's 

house and everyone were screaming very loudly. Everyone 

were running around and my master was trying to call the 

fire brigade. Soon, the fire brigade came and all the fire was 

washed out. Everyone took a sigh of relief. One evening I 

heard the master telling about James to John Manley that 

his friend wants him to drive his carriage. James was the 

only boy fitting this work. So soon he left Birtwick and 

everyone missed him a lot especially Merrylegs. Joe Green 

a fourteen-year old boy was our new groom. He was not 

big but he was as kind as James. One night at three o'clock 

John Manley woke me up and told that Mrs. Gordon is very 

ill so we have to go to the doctor as fast as we can.

Afterwards, I had to carry John Manley on my back, our 

master on Merrylegs's back and his wife on Justice's 

back. We reached to the doctor very quickly and our 

master's wife was admitted there.Then we came back   and 

I was very tired so Joe fed me some delicious oats. After 

three months, I and my friends were to be sold because 

our master's wife was very ill and the doctor said that 

they have to live in a hot country for two or three years to 

get well. I missed Merrylegs and Justice too much and 

Ginger and I were to be sold to our master's best friend 

called Mr. York at Earshall Park. We were treated the 

same way as how Squire Gordon used to treat us very 

kindly.    

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