BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell
- neigh – [of a horse] make a loud noise
- gig – a small carriage with two wheels pulled by one horse
- gallop – [of a horse] run quickly
- brook – a small river
- lodging – a temporary place to stay
- ploughed – [of a field] dug and turned over to prepare for planting seeds
- colts – a horse which is typically no older than four years old
- cart-horse – a working horse used to carry heavy loads
- The first place that I can well remember was a large, pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
- While I was young, I lived upon my mother’s milk, as I could not eat grass.
- I hope you will grow up gentle and good and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.
- Her name was Duchess, but he often called her Pet.
- I was a dull black, so he called me Darkie
- Our master was a good, kind man.
CULTURAL GLOSSARY cart-horse – a working horse used to carry heavy loads
- Newmarket – a town in the east of England close to Cambridge.
- It has held famous horse-racing events for over 400 years.
- Duchess – typically the title of a female who has a high social rank in society.
- Although this is not true of Black Beauty’s mother, the fact that she has been given that name hints at the respect and value she is given by her owners.