Now here is the same story but delivered with a new twist. For the first time in history, the story is narrated by the two equine heroes, Mancha and Gato. Their unique point of view is guaranteed to delight children and adults alike.
With a preface by famed horseman R.B. Cunningham Graham, "The Tale of Two Horses" is amply illustrated with drawings by the author. No equestrian travel collection could be considered complete without this wonderful book!
| "Animali Paranti" | xi | |
| Story 1 | In which Mancha talks about his wild homeland | 1 |
| Story 2 | What Gato has to say about his family | 4 |
| Story 3 | How Mancha saw men for the first time, and lost his mother | 9 |
| Story 4 | Gato tells the tale of his childhood | 13 |
| Story 5 | Mancha tells a story about an armadillo and a fox | 16 |
| Story 6 | Being Gato's account of how he and Mancha were captured by the Indians | 19 |
| Story 7 | Mancha describes a long journey towards the lands where white men live | 23 |
| Story 8 | In which Gato tells how he and Mancha met the man who was to become their master | 29 |
| Story 9 | For the first time a man sits on Mancha's back | 34 |
| Story 10 | Gato tells how he and Mancha were brought into a huge city | 37 |
| Story 11 | Mancha relates how he and his pal found out what a stable is | 41 |
| Story 12 | Gato's account of a trick Mancha played on Master; and how they started out on a long, long trail | 45 |
| Story 13 | Mancha's impressions about the first stages of the long journey | 50 |
| Story 14 | In which Gato continues the narrative, telling about the next stages of the journey into Bolivia | 61 |
| Story 15 | Mancha chats about Bolivia, high mountains and Indians | 68 |
| Story 16 | Gato talks about mountains, dangerous trails, an accident, vampire bats, and other things that happened until the little expedition arrived on the golden shores of the Pacific Ocean | 86 |
| Story 17 | In which Mancha takes you through burning deserts, quicksands, and mud, and tells various interesting and amusing stories | 98 |
| Story 18 | In which Gato says what he thinks of insects and snakes, and tells a sad story about the death of an unknown hero, and gives an amusing account of how a clever dog fooled crocodiles | 113 |
| Story 19 | Mancha loses his temper. A sad parting. Life and adventure in the jungle. How jaguars are hunted | 127 |
| Story 20 | Master is accidentally locked up in a jail. Another short sea journey. A hold-up. Volcanoes, forests and lakes. Mancha gives a stranger a riding lesson. Good-bye, Central America! | 147 |
| Story 21 | Mancha's adventures and travels until he was re-united with Gato | 165 |
| Story 22 | Happy Gato, re-united with his old friends, talks about Mexico City, and things he saw and heard there. The journey is resumed, and the ten-footed expedition arrives in Texas | 180 |
| Story 23 | Mancha's journey to the end of the trail. He separates and re-unites with Gato. The travellers' return to the pampas. Trapalanda | 197 |
Anonymous
Posted February 9, 2009
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Overview
Now here is the same story ...