knew about horses was that it was bad luck to have a horse with white on only one leg, and he was jarred on his first day back home to find that shadow, the ten-month-old colt, had only one thin circle of white above his front right hoof. this bothered canton more than it should have, he thought. blaze and shadow watched him from their pasture, standing in identical poses of curious attention. he gave both horses a quick nod on his way across the dying grass of the front yard.
pushing the wheelbarrow in front of him, the tools rattling in the cart and the axle squeaking, he trudged past 