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CHAPTER TWO A WAYSIDE ADVENTURE（第1页）

CHAPTERTWOAWAYSIDEADVENTURE

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ITwasnearlynoononthefollowiawaswakenedbysomethingwarmandsoftmovingoverhisface.Heopenedhiseyesandfouaringintothelongfaceofahorse;itsnoseatoughis.Herememberedtheexgeventsofthepreviousnightandsatup.Butashedidsohegroaned.

“Ow，Bree，”

hegasped.“I'msosore.Allover.Ihardlymove.”

“G，smallone，”

saidBree.“Iwasafraidyoumightfeelabitstiff.It'tbethefalls.Youdidn'thavemorethanadozenorso，anditwasalllovely，syturfthatmusthavebeenalmostapleasuretofallon.Andtheomighthavebeennastywasbrokenbythatgorsebush.No:it'stheridieshardatfirst.Whataboutbreakfast?I'vehadmine.”

“Ohbotherbreakfast.B，”

saidShasta.“ItellyouIove.”

Butthehorsehimwithitsnoseandpawedhimgentlywithahooftillhehadtogetup.Andthehimaheywere.Behindthemlayalittlecopse.Beforethemtheturf，dotteders，slopeddowntothebrowofacliff.Farbelowthem，sothatthesoundwaveswasveryfaint，laythesea.Shastahadfromsuchaheightandneverseensomuchofitbefore，nordreamedhowmanycolorsithad.Ohecoaststretchedaway，headlandafterheadland，asyoucouldseethewhitefuptherocksbutmakingnowassofarullsflyiheheatshiveredontheground;itwasablazingday.ButwhatShastaoticedwastheair.He'tthinkwhatwasmissing，untilatlastherealizedthattherewasnosmelloffishinit.Forofeitheriagenthes，hadheeverbeenawayfromthatsmellihisnewairwassodelidallhisoldlifeseemedsofaraway，thathefotforamomentabouthisbruisesandhisagmusdsaid:

“Isay，Bree，didn'tyousaysomethingaboutbreakfast?”

“Yes，Idid，”

answeredBree.“Ithinkyou'llfihinginthesaddle-bags.They'reoverthereonthattreewhereyouhuhism，rather.”

&igatedthesaddle-bagsaswereg—ameatpasty，onlyslightlystale，alumpsandanotherlumpofgreeleflaskofwine，andsomemofortytsinall，whichwasmorethanShastahadeverseen.

&asatdown—painfullyandcautiously—withhisbastatreeahepasty，Breehadafewmoremouthfulsofgrasstokeephimpany.

“Won'titbestealihemoney?”

askedShasta.

“Oh，”

saidtheHorse，lookingupwithitsmouthfullofgrass，“Iofthat.Afreehorseandatalkin'tsteal，ofcourse.ButIthinkit'sallright.We'reprisonersandcaptivesiry.Thatmoy，spoil.Besides，hetanyfoodforyouwithoutit?Isuppose，likeallhumans，youwouralfoodlikegrassandoats.”

“I't.”

&ried?”

“Yes，Ihave.I'tgetitdownatall.You'teitherifyouwereme.”

“You'rerumlittlecreatures，youhumans，”

remarkedBree.

&ahadfinishedhisbreakfast（whichwasbyfarthehehadevereaten），Breesaid，“IthinkI'llhaveanicerollbeforeweputonthatsaddleagain.”

Andheproceededtodoso.“That'sgood.That&#ood，”

hesaid，rubbinghisbatheturfandwavingallfsintheair.“Yououghttohaveooo，Shasta，”

hes'sm.”

ButShastaburstoutlaughingandsaid，“Youdolookfunnywhenyou'reonyourback!”

“Ilooknothi，”