The Horse, as Comrade and Friend 



car should be buzzing outside. Watch the 

 disciple spot it ! Watch the prick of those 

 ears, immovable, pointed like bits of steel ! 

 He will come to a dead stand. Give him a 

 scratch on the shoulders just to remind him 

 of the support you gave him, but don't push 

 him on. A huge snort ! Then another. 

 Those ears of steel ! Every muscle braced 

 and tense ! He is not a bit frightened, he has 

 too much confidence in you for that, but his 

 attention is most wholly arrested. 



You are going to have as priceless a bit of 

 fun as you have ever earned in your life. You 

 are going to watch a horse under the influence 

 and interaction of the most powerful emotions. 

 You will see, as clearly as through a glass, every- 

 thing that is passing in his mind. You will 

 see as pretty a play of forces as you could wish ; 

 suspicion, apprehension and fear pushing one 

 way, interest and curiosity another, and the 

 horse's natural courage and his confidence 

 in you rising all the time. 



Tizz — Tizz — Tizz, purrs the motor in a most 

 fascinating way, Tizz — Tizz — Tizz. " This," 

 says the disciple, " is the absolute Umit. I've 

 heard crickets and corncrakes and horsefhes, 

 but what in the name of all that's buzzible is 

 this ? And what's it doing it for ? It's alive 

 all right ! I can see it shake. Dash my eyes, 

 but it's a funny thing. Lets go a bit nearer 

 and see what it is." 



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