Determining Theme

A. Jane's mother is inside the house dusting the front parlor.

B. Jane and her brothers are outside playing.

C. While Mr. Brooney delivers groceries, Jane and her brothers feed the horse carrots.

D. As Jane watches the horse, she imagines him as a bridge for her to walk under.

A. Never walk under a horse.

B. Some risks are dangerous but worth taking.

C. Mr. Brooney's horse is a beautiful creature.

D. Sometimes Jane's mother worries too much.

A. Jane watched him and watched him.

B. But goodness! Could Mama believe her eyes? What was Janey doing?

C. "You mustn't walk under horses. They might start to kick or start walking or something."

D. She had no desire to keep on walking under horses.

E. So she had walked under him and from the feeling inside of her she thought it had turned out to be an all right sort of thing to do-just that once.