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How was ginger treated when she was with the colts ?
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CERTIFIED EDUCATORBlack Beauty relates the tale of when he lived with Squire Gordon at Birtwick Park. When the young colt arrives at his new home, he's led by the groom into a loose box, so-called because the horse that's put into it isn't tied up and is left loose to do as he pleases. At first, all seems well. Black Beauty's given some nice oats to eat, and then meets a kindly gray pony by the name of Merrylegs.

CERTIFIED EDUCATORBlack Beauty relates the tale of when he lived with Squire Gordon at Birtwick Park. When the young colt arrives at his new home, he's led by the groom into a loose box, so-called because the horse that's put into it isn't tied up and is left loose to do as he pleases. At first, all seems well. Black Beauty's given some nice oats to eat, and then meets a kindly gray pony by the name of Merrylegs.But the pleasant atmosphere doesn't last for long. A tall chestnut mare called Ginger gives Black Beauty a piece of her mind. It's her box he's standing in, and she doesn't like it one little bit. She thinks it's outrageous that a young colt should turn a fine lady horse like her out of her own home. Black Beauty points out that he's done no such thing; he was put in Ginger's box by a man. He tries to placate Ginger, but it's clear that he's going to have more than a little trouble with this proud, pompous mare.

CERTIFIED EDUCATORBlack Beauty relates the tale of when he lived with Squire Gordon at Birtwick Park. When the young colt arrives at his new home, he's led by the groom into a loose box, so-called because the horse that's put into it isn't tied up and is left loose to do as he pleases. At first, all seems well. Black Beauty's given some nice oats to eat, and then meets a kindly gray pony by the name of Merrylegs.But the pleasant atmosphere doesn't last for long. A tall chestnut mare called Ginger gives Black Beauty a piece of her mind. It's her box he's standing in, and she doesn't like it one little bit. She thinks it's outrageous that a young colt should turn a fine lady horse like her out of her own home. Black Beauty points out that he's done no such thing; he was put in Ginger's box by a man. He tries to placate Ginger, but it's clear that he's going to have more than a little trouble with this proud, pompous mare.After Ginger goes out for the afternoon, Merrylegs tells Black Beauty all about her. Apparently, Ginger has a bad habit of snapping and biting; that's why the stable hands removed her from the loose-box and put Black Beauty in there instead. Ginger's quite a violent horse; and after she bit James the stable boy, Squire Gordon's children became too scared to go anywhere near the stables. Merrylegs says that Ginger told her that she'd been treated very badly before she arrived at Birtwick Park; this would account for the nasty biting habit that she's developed.