Black Beauty

Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

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Black Beauty: Chapter 20 Summary


Joe Green

Joe Green is learning quickly; he is attentive and careful in his work. John now trusts him with many tasks, but the boy is small and does not regularly care for or ride either Black Beauty or Ginger. One day John is out with Justice when the master needs a note delivered to a gentleman who lives about three miles away. He instructs Joe to saddle Black Beauty and ride him carefully to the gentleman’s house.

They deliver the note without incident. On their way home, they see a cart laden with bricks which has gotten stuck in the mud. As they...

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