content: This book is the greatest, most memorable book from my early childhood. The story is one of a colt that is forced to deal with sad circumstances. He has to deal with the loss of his parent, and in so doing becomes a greater and stronger individual. The writing in the book is heart-wrenchingly vivid. The pictures are done beautifully. I have read others that say the book is too depressing for children. I do not believe this is true. It is a deep story, one that will still be in the process of being understood as the child grows, but it is a story worth knowing and hearing. I plan to read this book to my children, and I can only hope that it leaves the same great and lasting impression on them that it did on me.