![]() ![]() ![]() At first he thinks this man must be the devil, but then the man gives him “a gentle ear-scratch and an amber cube of sugar,” which makes Rutherford wonder if the man is God (114). He says he was terrified of the sound of his own huge heart, and of the man “with a prim mustache and a mean slouch” who spurred his sides. A flag was whipping above him, but Rutherford was tethered so tightly to the post that he couldn’t twist his neck to count the stars (114). Woke up inside the horse’s body, he was tied to a stout flag post. He is licking her hand in a sort of Morse code, attempting to tell her his true identity. The girl is the niece of the farmer who owns the barn, and she is feeding Rutherford peaches. Wisps of newly mown hay lift and scatter. She stands silhouetted against the sunshine, the great Barn doors thrown open. This section starts with, “The girl is back. ![]()
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