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(14) Jerry's New Year


Christmas and the New Year are very merry times for some people.

But for cabmen and thier horses it is no holiday.

There are so many parties and balls that the work is hard and often late.

Sometimes driver and horse have to wait for hours, shivering with cold, while the cheery people inside are dancing away to the music.

Jerry used me for most of evening work, and we had a great deal of work in Christmas week.

Jerry had a bad enough, and standing around in the cold made it worse.

One night when we got home it was so bad that he couldn't speak.

He gave me a rub down as usual, although he could hardly get his breath.

Then Polly brought me a warm meal, and they locked the door for the night.

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遅くなりました、すみません。