I Am the Great Horse

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Are you like horses
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I Am the Great Horse
By Katherine Roberts

"I am the dark horse, Bucephalus. I am no black beauty. I am a stallion trained for war." From the moment they dare sit on his back, the fates of Alexander, 12-year-old heir to the Macedonian throne, and Charm, a kind stable girl, are bound to the battle-ready steed. When the boy becomes king, Bucephalus helps his young master transform into a conquering hero. In a hard-won, nearly blind blaze of glory, they gallop from Greece to the golden sands of Persia to the edge of the known world. At their side, as ever, is Charm. This is their epic. Through the eyes of a horse, history unfolds.

Instead of bucking off Alexander when we returned to the riding ground, I arched my neck to accept the bit. Then I made myself huge so everyone stared at us.

The king’s horsemaster scowled at me as if I were doing this deliberately to show him up, which I was. He tried to snatch my reins as we passed. I gave him flat ears and carried Alexander to safety. The queen clapped her hands in delight, smiling at her son as she called him clever and brave and all sorts of other things guaranteed to make his head swell.

The one-eyed king’s fearful expression melted into one of pride. He gave me a wary look, then helpful the prince down from my back and embraced him with tears in his eyes. “Alexander, you scared us!” he exclaimed. “If you’re going to carry on like this, you’d better find yourself a larger kingdom, because Macedonia won’t be big enough for you.”

Alexander, his cheeks still flushed from our gallop, gave him that upward tilt of his chin and grinned boldly. “How about leaving Persia for me, Father? You’ve conquered just about everywhere else, and as you’ve just seen, my new horse Bucephalas likes to run east.”

This set them all off laughing again. As they returned to the palace, the prince’s friends crowded around to hear his account of how he’d “tamed” me. Some of them wanted to know if he as serious about Persia. The queen followed, still praising her son’s bravery and skill.

But the one-eyed king remained on the riding ground, frowning after Alexander.

When The others were out of earshot, he took the horsemaster’s arm and said, “I don’t want to see my son riding that horse again. Put his in a back stable away form the others, and if he doesn’t calm down in a few weeks find a Scythian who can do the deed. Before I leave on my next campaign, I’m going to make arrangements for Prince Alexander to go away to finish his schooling. He’ll soon forget the horse, don’t worry. In the meantime, find him another more suited to his size and experience, and train it well so I don’t have to be looking out for him when the time comes for him to join me on the battlefield.”

The king’s horsemaster smiled his dark smile and ordered his grooms to take me to the stables. I didn’t make trouble, because I’d had a good gallop and was looking forward to my barley. But as we passed the crowd of onlookers at the edge of the ground, I caught a smell that reminded me of the time before the ghosts came, and saw a girl-filly clutching what looked like a mule’s hoof. She was glaring at the one-eyed king with as much hatred as a colt that had just been driven out of the herd.

This was rather strange. But the horsemaster’s grooms did not see her, because human eyes can’t see all around like horses’ eyes can, so I lowered my head and walked on.

المصدر: منتديات بنات دوت كوم

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I Am the Great Horse

الموضوع الأصلي : I Am the Great Horse || القسم : صندوق ذكرياتـــنــا .. || المصدر : منتديات بنات دوت كوم || كاتبة الموضوع : الصبورة

[Taghreed's]

Wonderfull story I really enjoyed reading it
full of wisdom in fact

Thanx Dmo3

[وسن]

nice one dear
I like it
as cindy said
It's full of wisdom

[صدى الأمواج]

when the good thing must be wrote
it will give you a good
mind and chance
really..it is nice and useful at the same time

Thanks alot my sweety

[الصبورة]

thank you for came to saw my story

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I've read it b4

thanks

[الداعية على الخير]

Are you like horses
ya sure that very nice
thanx