Soul Music - Real

'Tell you?' said the raven, with a guilty look on its beak. 'All that dah-dah-dah-DAH stuff.' The raven scratched its head. 'He said I wasn't to tell you. I was just supposed to warn you about the horse. I got carried away. Turned up, has it?'

'Yes!'

'Ride it.'

'I did. It can't be real! Real horses know where the ground is.'

'Miss, there's no horse realer than that one.'

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Soul Music - p43