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Royal and Cousin Jay-House; they unhitched the horses and put thes

Alhten cap, and he showed the cousins his jack-knife Frank’s cap was old now He had a jack-knife, but it had only three blades

Then Alht, and the little bobsled, and he let them scratch Lucy’s fat white back with corncobs He said they could look at Starlight if they’d be quiet and not scare him

The beautiful colt twitched his tail, and ca toward them Then he tossed his head and shied away froh the bars

“You leave him be!” Almanzo said

“I bet you don’t dast go in there and get on his back,” said Frank

“I dast, but I got better sense,” Almanzo told him “I know better than to spoil that fine colt”

“How’d it spoil him?” Frank said “Yah, you’re scared he’d hurt you! You’re scared of that little bitty colt!”

“I am not scared,” said Almanzo “But Father won’t

let me”

“I guess I’d do it if I wanted to, if I was you I guess your father wouldn’t know,” Frank said Alot up on the bars of the stall

“You get down off there!” Al “Don’t you scare that colt!”

“I’ll scare hiht was running around and around the stall, and Alhten Starlight even more

He set his teeth and gave adown All the horses juer

“I’ll lick you for that,” Frank said, scra up