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If you look close... you can see that the wild critters have 'No Trespassing' signs tacked up on every pine tree.

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Facts are fine, fer as they go... but they're like water bugs skittering atop the water. Legends, now — they go deep down and bring up the heart of a story.

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When Allah created the horse, he said to the wind, 'I will that a creature proceed from thee. Condense thyself.' And the wind condensed itself, and the result was the horse.

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Mr. Cat knows that a whisker spied is not a whole mouse.

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Some animals, like some men, leave a trail of glory behind them. They give their spirit to the place where they have lived, and remain forever a part of the rocks and streams and the wind and sky.

Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry

Born: April 13, 1902

Died: November 26, 1997 (aged 95)

Bio: Marguerite Henry née Breithaupt was an American writer of children's books. Her fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals captivated entire generations.

Known for:

Misty of Chincoteague (1947)
King of the Wind (1948)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1945)
Stormy, Misty's Foal (1963)
Album of Horses (1951)

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