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Book Excerpt: coat but not to strike him--a trickNikita much appreciated.After a drink of the cold water the horse sighed, moving hisstrong wet lips, from the hairs of which transparent drops fellinto the trough; then standing still as if in thought, hesuddenly gave a loud snort.'If you don't want any more, you needn't. But don't go askingfor any later, ' said Nikita quite seriously and fullyexplaining his conduct to Mukhorty. Then he ran back to theshed pulling the playful young horse, who wanted to gambol allover the yard, by the rein.There was no one else in the yard except a stranger, the cook'shusband, who had come for the holiday.'Go and ask which sledge is to be harnessed--the wide one orthe small one--there's a good fellow!'The cook's husband went into the house, which stood on an ironfoundation and was iron-roofed, and soon returned saying thatthe little one was to be harnessed. By that time Nikita hadput the collar and brass-studded belly-band on Mukhorty and, carrying a light, Read M
