The first place that I can well remember, was a large , pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.Some trees overshadowed the pond, and rushes and water-lilis grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a ploughed field, and on the other side we looked over a gate at our master's house which stood by the roadside. At the top of the meadow was a plantation of fir-trees; and at the bottom, a running brook overhung by a steep bank.

     Whilst I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime A ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her. when it was hot, we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees; and when it was cold, we had a nice warm shed near the plantation.

    As soon as I was old enough to eat grass, my mother uesed to go out to work in the daytime, and to come back in the evening.

   There were six young colts in the meadow besides me, They were older than I was; some were nearly as largh as grown-up horse. I used to run with them, and have great fun. We uesed to gallop all together round and round the field, as we could go. Sometimes we have  rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.

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