The Horse of Death

Furr, Mark [ed.]:Stories for Reading Circles. Bookworms Club Bronze. Oxford University Press, 2007

FAIK, Sait: The Horse of Death

Plot:

The story is about Unal, a boy that has got measles, he's on his house and he can't do anything. He goes to the window and looks on the toyshop a horse, black and big horse with light eyes. He can't go to the toyshop because he can die, but he goes. He rides horse and he goes on the sea, the sun...In the morning he appears on the black horse on the toyshop. He has got blue face and he's dead, the people look at the horse and his mother buries the horse and Unal together in the cold ground.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

Opinions:

I didn't like the book because It was very sad.

Marc Frigola, 1st C

I like the book because it's interesting and exciting.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

I liked the book because it's very mysterious, unusual because he dies in the horse and it's beautiful because he's buried with it.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I like the book because it's easy to understand. My favourite part is when Unal was riding the horse happily.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

I liked the book because it teaches us an important lesson. We must listen to good advice. It's not good to be stub-loom

Laia Arias, 1st B 

Characters:

Unal:

He's a small boy who wants to discover things. He is very impulsive.

Marc Frigola, 1st C

He was ill. He liked a black horse. He had red spots on his face.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

He is ill and he is boring, but he is very clever.

Laura García, 1st C 

He's poor, he hasn't got money and hasn't got father and grandpa, he wants a black horse of the toy shop and in the end he dies.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

He has got blond hair. His father is dead. He is eight years old. In the story he has measles.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

The Horse:

The Horse of Death has eyes which light up when you pull the reins. It's black and it has a brown mane.

Laia Arias, 1st B