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Title: Tales from far and near : history stories of other lands
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Terry, Arthur Guy Sheila Thibodeau Lambrinos Collection - York University
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Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : Row, Peterson and Company
Contributing Library: ASC - York University Libraries
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s did all they could to honorthese three brave men who saved theircity. They wrote their story in books, sothat all men might read of the good thingwhich thev did. 30 Alexander the Great and his Horse One of the most famous of the Greekswas Alexander the Great, who madehimself master of a large part of theworld. He had a splendid horse whichhe always rode when he went to battle.He won this horse when he was a boy,by his wisdom and boldness. This is how he won it. The horse wassent as a present to King Philip, fatherof the young prince Alexander. Theking went to a wide plain to try it, andhis son and all his great men went withhim. ^ But it was soon found that the horsewas very wild. It kicked and reared sothat no man could mount upon its back.The king w^as angry that so wild an 31 animal should be sent to him, and gaveorders for it to be taken back at once. The prince was vexed to hear thisorder. It is a pity to lose such a fine horseoecause no man is brave enough to mountit, said he.
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The king thought his son spoke with-out thinking. Your words are bold, said he, butare you bold enough to mount the horsej^ourself? 32 The young prince went up to therestless animal. He took the bridle andturned its head toward the sun. He didso because he had seen that the horsewas afraid of its own black shadow,which kept moving upon the groundbefore its eyes. With its face to the sun, the horsecould no longer see the shadow, whichnow fell on the ground behind it. It soonbecame quiet. Then the prince strokedit, and patted it gently, and by and byhe sprang quickly upon its back. The horse at once set off at a gallopover the plain, with the boy bravelyholding on. The king and his men werein great fear, for they thought the princewould be thrown to the ground andkilled. But they need not have beenafraid. Soon the horse grew tired of its gallop,and began to trot. Then Alexanderturned, and gently rode it back. The 33 men shouted, and the king took his sonin his arms and shed tears of joy

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