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man said, “Wow!  That was some


       magnificent riding!”

               “I have never seen a horse run


       like that!” another man chimed in.

               “Is he a race horse?” a little girl


       asked.

               I knelt down by her.  “I really


       don’t know.  I’m just the one that

       takes care of him.”


               “Can I go pet him?” she asked.

               “I’m afraid not.  He doesn’t seem


       to trust most people.  You saw how


       he reared when people approached

       the fence?”  She nodded, so I


       continued.  “He always does that

       when someone he doesn’t know


       comes near.”

               “Who owns him?” the girl’s


       father asked.

               “The lady I work for,” I






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