20th January 2023
cool, cloudy
Friday
organised # disorganised
reliable # unreliable
patient # impatient
polite # impolite
to exhibit (ed) = a expune
exhibition = expozitie
exhibit = exponat
picky =pretentios
to give a lift = a lua pe cineva cu masina
retirement = pensie
to retire (ed) = a se retrage
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Black Beauty - Isa
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Black beauty- summary
ReplyDeleteBlack Beauty is born on a farm in the English countryside. He spends the first four years of his life there with his mother and the other farm horses. When he turns 4, the kind farmer trains Beauty to wear a saddle and a bridle, and teaches him how to carry a rider. Once the training is done, Beauty is purchased by a well-off man named Squire Gordon.
At Squire Gordon’s home, Beauty makes friends with the other horses there, including Ginger and Merrylegs. Ginger was abused by her previous masters, so she doesn’t trust people. As time goes by, Beauty and Ginger are paired as carriage horses and become good friends. Under the care of the coachman, Black Beauty thrives in his new home and becomes a favorite of his master and the family.
It proves his worth on many occasions. On a stormy night he saves John’s and Squire Gordon’s lives. When a barn at a hotel catches fire, Beauty’s bravery helps Ginger get the courage to run to safety. And when the mistress becomes ill, it runs hard to bring the doctor back in time. Despite all this, the illness of the Squire’s wife leads the family to move away from England. All of the horses, including Black Beauty, are sold to new owners. Even though the work is harder than at his old home, Beauty is well taken care of until the stableman goes with the family to London. A man named Ruben, that struggles with alcoholism, is left in charge of the stables. He is eventually seriously injured in an accident caused by groom riding him while drunk. Due to the scars left from his injuries, Black Beauty is no longer considered fashionable, and is sent away from his comfortable life on country lands to a new life as a working horse in more urbanized centers. Black Beauty encounters suffering and hardship, but his luck seems to change when he is purchased by a man named Jerry Barker.
Jerry isn’t a rich man, but he is kind and caring with Beauty and Captain, his other cab horse. Beauty is treated very well by Jerry and his family.
One day he meets his old friend Ginger. She tells Beauty that she wishes she would die so that the cruelty she endures would end. Later, Beauty sees a dead horse and hopes that the animal is Ginger and that her suffering is over.
Sadly, Jerry falls ill, and after he recovers, he and his family decide to leave London and move to the countryside. Black Beauty is sold yet again, but this time to be a carthorse. He is worked very hard in his new position and almost dies.
Since he is older, and his health is becoming more and more fragile, Beauty quickly passes from owner to owner. He is treated worse and worse each time. After many months resting in the country, Black Beauty regains his old strength, and the farmer decides it’s time to sell him to a good home. He is brought to the home of a pair of ladies. Their groom, Joe, comes to inspect Beauty and recognizes him. Now, he is reunited with a former stableboy whom he knew during his time with Squire Gordon, and lives a happy and quiet life at last.