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The Red Pony
“The Red Pony” is the book I read, and it is pretty much about a family who lives on a ranch. In the story, a young boy is with his father and his ranch hand (assistant) at their family ranch, and everyday they have to work on something. When the boy’s father and the ranch hand happened to have a free day with little work to do, they decided to surprise the young boy by getting a gift that he had always wanted, a horse. The story goes on and on but I wanted to get to my point, which is where and why I chose my favorite part of this book. My favorite part of this book is when the horse (pony) became sick and (after fighting for its’ life for a long time) finally died. Now when I say that, I don’t mean that I enjoyed how the horse died in the

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