Lesson 6: Black Beauty

exposition

climax

rising action

falling action

"We were going along at a good pace, but the moment my feet touched the first part of the bridge I felt sure there was something wrong."

"Of course I could not tell him, but I knew very well that the bridge was not safe."

'"The bridge is broken in the middle, and part of it is carried away; if you come on you'll be into the river."'

"'No, my dear; but if your Black Beauty had not been wiser than we were we should all have been carried down the river at the wooden bridge."

The storm causes a large branch to fall and nearly hit Black Beauty and the men.

The men want Black Beauty to cross the bridge, but he knows it is out

The bridge breaks and is washed away by the rising water.

The master must go into town for business during a terrible storm