黑骏马(英文版)

　　《床头灯英语·3000词读物（纯英文）：黑骏马》：　　After finishing my oats， I had a look around. The stall next to mine wasn't a loose stall. Inside， was a fat， but lovely grey-colored horse， I tried making friends with him by saying hello and asking his name.　　The horse couldn't turn around to see me very easily because he was tied， but he did his best and replied， "My name's Merrylegs. I'm quite popular with the young women， I'll have you know. They like me so much that I'm never asked to carry the men any more."　　Then after a moment of looking me up and down， he asked me， "So they've given you the loose stall? "　　"It seems that they have，" I answered.　　"You'd better be a gentle and friendly horse. I don't want you hurting me or..."　　Then a loud angry voice interrupted Merrylegs， saying， "This is terrible！ What horrible times these are when a comfortable stall can be taken from an older horse and given to a younger one who needs it much less！" I saw that it was a large brown female horse with very angry eyes.　　"Now there's no need for you to yell at me， lady，" I answered. "I didn't choose this stall， myself； I was put in here by our master. And I'm not as young as I look. I'm older than 4 years！"　　The brown horse with the angry eyes didn't say another word， but simply turned away. Moments later， a worker came in and took her out for exercise. Seeing her gone， Merrylegs took the opportunity to speak.　　"Don't worry about Ginger. She's always like that. She's not very friendly， even to people， so no one wants to ride her anymore. She even bit the stable boy just recently！"　　"She bites? Why would she do that?"　　"I have no idea， because we are treated very well here by the workers. They do their best to keep us healthy and happy， but Ginger never seems satisfied. lt's because of her bad behavior that she lost her loose stall. So don't let her make you feel bad for having it now."　　……