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03 My Breaking In

           Iwasfeedingquietlynearthepaleswhichseparatedthemeadowfromtherailway,whenIheardastrangesoundatadistance,andbeforeIknewwhenceitcame—witharushandaclatter,andapuffingoutofsmoke—alongblacktrainofsomethingflewby,andwasgonealmostbeforeIcoulddrawmybreath.IturnedandgallopedtothefurthersideofthemeadowasfastasIcouldgo,andthereIstoodsnortingwithastonishmentandfear.Inthecourseofthedaymanyothertrainswentby,somemoreslowly;thesedrewupatthestationcloseby,andsometimesmadeanawfulshriekandgroanbeforetheystopped.Ithoughtitverydreadful,butthecowswentoneatingveryquietly,andhardlyraisedtheirheadsastheblackfrightfulthingcamepuffingandgrindingpast.

           ForthefirstfewdaysIcouldnotfeedinpeace;butasIfoundthatthisterriblecreaturenevercameintothefield,ordidmeanyharm,Ibegantodisregardit,andverysoonIcaredaslittleaboutthepassingofatrainasthecowsandsheepdid.

           SincethenIhaveseenmanyhorsesmuchalarmedandrestiveatthesightorsoundofasteamengine;butthankstomygoodmaster’scare,Iamasfearlessatrailwaystationsasinmyownstable.

           Nowifanyonewantstobreakinayounghorsewell,thatistheway.

           Mymasteroftendrovemeindoubleharnesswithmymother,becauseshewassteadyandcouldteachmehowtogobetterthanastrangehorse

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