[00:00.33]Chapter five.
[00:02.83]Emergency.
[00:05.45]Before James left, a new boy came to help John in the stables.
[00:11.40]Little Joe Green was only 14, and at first, Mary legs didn't like him.
[00:18.76]He's too rough, he complained.
[00:22.09]He doesn't know what he's doing.
[00:26.96]Joe was keen to learn and worked hard.
[00:31.39]And after a bit, even Mary legs agreed that he was going to be fine.
[00:39.47]But we were very sad the day James left, and knew we would miss him terribly.
[00:46.78]Little did I know then how badly I would suffer without James to take care of me.
[00:54.91]One night, not long after James had gone, I woke to the sound of running feet.
[01:03.68]Suddenly, John burst into the stable calling, "Wake up, Beauty!
[01:10.30]It's an emergency."
[01:14.68]The squire's wife was very ill, and John had to ride to town to fetch the doctor.
[01:23.21]In record time, John had saddled me up, and we were galloping on our way.
[01:30.72]It was a frosty night, and it felt good to be speeding across the silent countryside.
[01:40.44]A clock was striking three when we finally clattered into town.
[01:47.38]John rode me up to the doctor's door and banged on it as hard as he could.
[01:55.68]At last, a window opened.
[01:59.47]Dr. White, in pajamas and a nightcap, leaned out.
[02:05.85]"What's up?" he asked.
[02:09.97]"Mrs. Gordon's very ill," panted John.
[02:16.36]"The squire thinks she's dying."
[02:21.96]"I'll be right down," said the doctor, slamming the window.
[02:30.80]Moments later, the front door opened.
[02:35.56]"My horse isn't fit to be ridden," said the doctor worriedly.
[02:44.10]"Can I borrow yours?"
[02:47.98]"Beauty has galloped all the way here," John answered.
[02:55.30]"He should rest, but as it's an emergency, you can take him."
[03:03.52]John stroked my neck while we waited for Dr. White to get ready.
[03:09.17]"Do your best, beauty," he told me.
[03:15.48]I was hot and tired, but I didn't want to let John down.
[03:21.65]On the way home, I galloped like the wind, even though I was exhausted, and I was very glad when we reached Bertwick Park.
[03:35.33]I struggled up the drive, and as Dr. White went inside the house, little Joe led me back to my stable.
[03:45.10]My legs were shaking, and I was drenched in sweat.
[03:51.24]Poor Joe, he didn't have a clue what to do with me.
[03:58.11]He rubbed me down, but he didn't know that he should cover me with a warm rug to stop me from getting a chill.
[04:07.86]Then he gave me a whole bucket of icy water.
[04:13.48]It tasted delicious, and I drank it all, not knowing how ill it would make me.
[04:24.24]Soon after Joe had left me, I started to feel unwell.
[04:31.51]At first, I began to tremble.
[04:36.11]I was deadly cold, and my whole body ached.
[04:42.90]As the night passed, I felt worse and lay moaning in the straw.
[04:50.91]How I wished for John, but he was still walking home.
[04:58.24]It was ages before he got back, but when he did, he heard me moaning, and he came straight to me.
[05:08.81]"Beauty, you poor thing," he said.
[05:13.00]"What's wrong?"
[05:16.67]John covered me with warm rugs, then ran to the house for hot water to make me some gruel.
[05:24.92]I drank it all, and at last, I managed to sleep.
[05:30.95]I was sick for several days with an inflammation on my lungs that made breathing so painful.
[05:41.64]John nursed me the whole time, and even the squire kept visiting.
[05:49.29]"My poor beauty," he said, "You saved my wife's life, but made yourself ill."
[06:02.70]It was good to hear that Mrs. Gordon was going to live.
[06:08.67]John told the squire he had never seen a horse gallop as fast as I had the night we went for Dr. White.
[06:20.61]I think my grandfather, the race horse, would have been proud of me.