“This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? I tell you, my friend, there’s divinity in a horse, and specially in a horse like this. God got it right the day he created them. And to find a horse like this in the middle of this filthy abomination of a war, is for me like finding a butterfly on a dung heap. We don’t belong in the same universe as a creature like this.”
― Michael Morpurgo, War Horse
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Guns and Horses
Historical FictionDanny arrives in France and is forced onto the brutal battle ground far from the ones he loves. He never imagined that saving the life of Black Jack, an out of control stallion, would lead him into the most dangerous journey. What they witness will...
