The Rider tries to snatch Will, but the smith saves him, and the Rider departs down the road.Ī riderless white mare comes to the smithy. The rider tries to persuade Will to break bread with him and then to mount the black horse with him, but Will instinctively fears the Rider and refuses both offers. At the smithy stands a beautiful black horse being shod by a man, John, whom Will recognizes as the son of Old George, who works on the Dawsons’ farm. He walks down the road to a smithy that wasn’t there before. Will feels drawn out into the snowy world. Will wakes the morning of his birthday and tries to rouse his family, but they sleep as if they cannot hear him. The farmer gives Will an iron ornament-a circle quartered by a cross-and tells him to wear it all the time. Will mentions the tramp to the neighbor, Dawson, who murmurs that the “Walker” is abroad. They encounter an old tramp in ragged clothes. On the day before his 11th birthday, Will goes with his next oldest brother, James, to collect hay from the neighboring farm. Will Stanton is the youngest of nine children his family lives in rural England. Page numbers in this guide refer to the 2001 Kindle edition.
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