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Dictation: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

1) The narrator, a horse named Black Beauty, describes being broken in by his master at four years old to wear a saddle, bridle, and carry people. 2) Breaking in involves teaching a horse to go fast or slow and do whatever its rider wants without having a will of its own or acting out in any way, even when tired or hungry. 3) Breaking in is described as a difficult process that requires a horse to always obey its master's will while wearing harness.

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Dictation: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

1) The narrator, a horse named Black Beauty, describes being broken in by his master at four years old to wear a saddle, bridle, and carry people. 2) Breaking in involves teaching a horse to go fast or slow and do whatever its rider wants without having a will of its own or acting out in any way, even when tired or hungry. 3) Breaking in is described as a difficult process that requires a horse to always obey its master's will while wearing harness.

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I was now beginning to grow handsome; my coat had grown fine and soft, and
was bright black. I had one white foot and a pretty white star on my forehead. I was
thought very handsome; my master would not sell me till I was four years old; he said
lads ought not to work like men, and colts ought not to work like horses till they were
quite grown up.
When I was four years old Squire Gordon came to look at me. He examined my
eyes, my mouth, and my legs; he felt them all down; and then I had to walk and trot
and gallop before him. He seemed to like me, and said, "When he has been well
broken in he will do very well." My master said he would break me in himself, as he
should not like me to be frightened or hurt, and he lost no time about it, for the next
day he began.
Every one may not know what breaking in is, therefore I will describe it. It
means to teach a horse to wear a saddle and bridle, and to carry on his back a man,
woman or child; to go just the way they wish, and to go quietly. Besides this, he has to
learn to wear a collar and to stand still while they are put on. He must go fast or slow,
just as his driver wishes. He must never start at what he sees, nor speak to other
horses, nor bite, nor kick, nor have any will of his own; but always do his master's
will, even though he may be very tired or hungry; but the worst of all is, when his
harness is once on, he may neither jump for joy nor lie down for weariness. So you see
this breaking in is a great thing.

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

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