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20 Black Beauty%u201cHey! What%u2019s your name?%u201d I said.%u201cHi there! I%u2019m Merrylegs. Nice to meet you,%u201d replied Merrylegs.%u201cNice to meet you too, Merrylegs! You seem nice. What do you like doing here?%u201d I asked.Merrylegs hopped a bit in joy. %u201cOh, I love running and playing in the fields. It%u2019s so much fun! I carry the girls on my back. Everybody loves me here because I don%u2019t bite. What about you?%u201d%u201cI like running too, and I like making new friends. I%u2019m happy to hear that. It%u2019s nice talking to you, Merrylegs. I think we%u2019re going to be good friends,%u201d I said.%u201cFor sure!%u201d said Merrylegs.There stood a mare opposite us. She had a pretty reddish-brown fur, but her eyes looked angry.After she went out to work, Merrylegs told me about her.%u201cGinger! Her name is Ginger. She is usually angry. One day, she bit James in the arm. Mr. Gordon%u2019s girls are afraid of her.%u201d%u201cWhy is so angry?%u201d I asked.Merrylegs said, %u201cNo one was kind to Ginger before she came here. But the people here are nice. Here is the best place for horses. John takes care of us well, and James is a very good stable boy.%u201dGlossarya bit : a small amount or piece of something mare : a female horse