Black Beauty (25)

Because Iwas standing on damp straw most of the day, my feet grew unhealthy and tender.

When I stumbled twice in an afternoon, my master took me to the farrier to see what was wrong.

" Your horse has got the Thrush, and badly too, " said the farrier.
※farrier 馬の医者
※thrush 皮膚感染症（カンジダ症）

" His feet are very tender.
We find this sort of thing in dirty stables where the litter isn't cleaned out.
His feet will take a while to heal properly. "

He cleaned and treated each hoof in turn, ad then he ordered all the litter to be taken out of my box day by day and the floor kept very clean.

It wasn't all that long before my feet were all right again.

Mr Barry however was so much disgusted at being twice deceived by his grooms that he decided to give up keeping a horse altogether.

I was sold once moreー and this time into a very different kind of life.

My new master was a cab driver called Jeremiah Barker, usually known as Jerry.

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