The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse by William Saroyan

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse

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One summer morning narrator’s Mourad came to his house at four in the and woke him up by tapping on the of his room. The narrator was to see Mourad sitting on a white horse. Mourad asked him to be quick if he wanted to ride. The narrator, Aram, longed to ride and jumped down to the yard from the window and up onto the horse behind his cousin Mourad.
Since these families were quite poor, Aram concluded that Mourad must have the horse. They rode and Mourad sang. Then Mourad had a ride alone. It seamed he had a way with a horse, for when Aram tried to ride alone, the horse him off and ran away. Since it was broad daylight, Mourad hid the horse in the ham of a . That afternoon, farmer John Byro visited the narrator’s house and related his plight. His white horse had been for over a month.
Uncle Khosrove him with his roaring commands. Aram reported everything to Mourad and requested him to keep the horse till he learnt to ride. Mourad did not . A chance with farmer John Byro after a fortnight firmed up his decision. John Byro had believed the boys since he knew their fathers and was fully aware of the of their family for . Mourad the horse to its owner then next .