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As I continued to work, the old
man kept an eye on me, concerned
because of my injury. He sat down
onto a bale and talked. He told me
his name was Cyrus. He was retired,
and liked to come over and visit the
horses. He had worked for a lot of
years as a ranch hand on a big cattle
ranch across the valley, and he
missed it. He said he often brought
apples and other treats for the horses.
He told me that he especially liked
Jackie, and I wondered if that was
part of the reason she was so fat.
Cyrus told me he had been bitten
by Dader just like I had been, and he
didn’t feed him apples anymore. “I
saw that nasty beast bite you, and
hoped the owner lady would sell him
because of it, but she didn’t.”
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