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Nathan's Spirit Horse, Part 2

Nathan's Spirit Horse, Part 2
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.22

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    colonist, cunning, rags, stalked, bond, groom, pressing, bravery, especially, finding, graze, rail, teepee, during, rider, next
     content words:    Laughing Bear, John Ironhorse, Ken Eaglefeather

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Nathan's Spirit Horse, Part 2
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     The next day during his horse care lessons, Nathan asked Laughing Bear the question that had been pressing on his mind.
 
2     "Laughing Bear, what is a spirit horse?"
 
3     "A spirit horse is one with special markings, like yours. Many have only a single hand shape. Some have only the war bonnet. Yours is special. He has a war bonnet and two hand prints. He is endowed with good medicine, or luck."
 
4     "If he's such a special horse, how did I end up with him?" asked Nathan suspiciously.
 
5     "Many have wanted to choose him for their own, but he chose you. The bond between a spirit horse and his rider should be special."
 
6     "Is that why some of the others have given me a hard time? They are jealous?"
 
7     Laughing Bear nodded his head. "Many have coveted him. They may also try to steal him. The bond you establish may bring him back to you if he is taken."
 
8     "Someone would be allowed to steal my horse?" asked an astonished Nathan.

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