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A Horse and Soldier

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　During the war, soldiers fed their horse plenty of wheat.

　They took good care of them because they got through all the hard and dangerous things with them.

　But after the war,

　the horses ware forced to do a boring task or carry heavy stuff and the soldiers fed them only straw.

　Then after a while, a war began again.

　When the sound of trumpet was heard to gather the soldiers,

　a man saddled his horse and got onto the horse to go to the war with his weapons.

　However, the horse got so weak that it could hardly walk.

　The horse said to the man

“You should quit cavalry join an infantry unit.

　I used to be a good horse but now I’m a donkey which is your fault.

　A war broke out doesn’t mean I can turn to be a horse again.



　You shouldn’t forget tough and hard days you spent even when it’s peaceful.

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