Question

who was darkie? how did he feel when he was broken in

Answer 1

Black Beauty begins by describing his earliest memories. He fondly remembers the pleasant meadow and pond of his young days, under the care of his mother and a kind master. Gradually, Black Beauty matured from drinking his mother’s milk to eating grass, and with that change came more independence. Soon he was playing with all the other colts in the field, as they went galloping across the fields, kicking and biting. After one such day of play, his mother gave him life-long advice: be gentle and good in all things, work with a good spirit, and do not ever kick or bite. Black Beauty’s life would be a prime example of this advice put into practice. For now, though, he was just young “Darkie,” under the care of his mother Duchessand his master, both of whom took great care to provide him a good upbringing, safe from naughty stone-throwing boys and the like.

Answer 2

Explanation:

He just adjusted to all the pain: “My feet felt very stiff and heavy but in time I got used to it.” His mother had ...