I think that the boy stayed at the fence as much as he did because, he liked the horses and he wanted to have one of his own. "I would walk down the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves." (page 123, paragraph 2) I also think that the boy stayed there to see the horses, because he knew that he could never have one. "Can't work them, can't ride them, can't eat them. Useless." (page 120, paragraph 2)
I think that he was so fascinated by the horses because when the old man said"i bet you want one of those horses don't you."(pg. 125) Showing that he really was facinated by the horses. Also that when it says "Encoureged by her success she continued to drag him. I waited for him to kill her" (pg. 131) during those instances he was scared for them because he was so interseted in them and he was scared for them because he loved them.
I think he spent all that time on the fence because he really cared about the horses and wanted to keep them safe. To keep them safe he had to fix the fence so he did. The boy says - "You don't want to come over here, even if the grass looks good. My old man will shoot you if you do." "First one that comes on my property, I kill." I think that shows that the boy would rather do hard work than risk a horse getting killed
I think he did it cause he didn't want his dad harming the horses or like he said "Remember," my old man said "The first one that comes on my property, I kill." Or "The wire's in pretty bad shape. They aren't doing there job."
I think that he spent so much time on the fence because he loves the horses and wants to watch them and spend a lot of time with them. Another reason could be that hes bored and needs something to do, so he sits on the fence and interacts with the horses. " I would walk down to the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as tehy leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp narrow hooves" " You'd like to have one of those wouldnt you?"
I think the boy wanted to help out the horses because he felt bad for them and he realized that that was the only thing he could do since his dad wouldn't let him give them food. I also think he wanted to be a part of some living thing and he might have envied the horses running around free. He fixed the fence so the horses would be able to be more free with a sturdy fence.
1st quote: I would walk down to the south fence and climbed up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves.
2nd quote: The fence was a shame and an eyesore. It had been a dry summer when it went in, five years before when the last of the dwindling Herefords had occupied the field, and the dirt that season was dry as desert sand, and the posts weren't sunk as deep as they should have been.
I think the boy spent a lot of time on the fence because it was an excuse to watch the ponies and not do farm work. While spending time on the fence he saw how the ponies were changing. "I watched them whenever I had a few moments free from ferrying feed for the steers"(pg.123) "After a few weeks, though, when the weather got colder and the grass was thin and trampled down, the horses became less like kids and more like convicts in some prison picture:heads down, shoulders hunched, they sidled along the fence line, casting furtive glances at me and at the comparatively lush pasturage on our side of the barrier."(pg. 123) In these quotes the boy realizes that the horses aren't being taken care of properly. He continues to spend time on the fence to see if it changes or how he could help them. "The fence was a shame and an eyesore."(pg.123) I also think he spends so much time fixing the fence because of how bad it looks. He realizes that the conditions of the fence isn't good for the horses, either. He might think that if he fixes the fence up the ponies will be happier and a little bit more playful. If the horses were more playful he wouldn't have to feel as bad not being able to do anything. -Amber
I think that he finds the horses interesting and her doesn't want them to die so he is protecting them from his father because his father said that he would shot the horse.A line from the story said,"Remember, my old man said as he went back to his tracker. First one that comes on my propery, I kill. Then through out the whole story he is saying how much he likes the horses and how he watched them. Like in the story when he said, "I think they're miniture horses, I told him. Not ponies." He was defending the horses. - Josie S. Period 3
I think the boy spent so much time on the fence because he really liked the horses and he didn’t want his dad to kill the horses so by taking care of the fence the horses couldn’t get on their property. His father said “first on that comes on my property, I kill.”
I think he spent all that time on the fence because on page 125 the father says he will kill the first one that comes on the property, and the son did not want to see the horses get shot so he took care of the fence. On page on 130 when the fence snaps you can see how scared he gets that his dad would do something, and it really seems like the son cares for the horses like there are his own and that they are all his.
I think he wanted to help his dad and I think he liked doing it since he liked the horses. "What's a good fence that dosnt go all the way around", and "You would like to have one boy, woundnt you."
I think the boy worked so hard on the fence because first, he fears his father. I think it was also because he cared for the horses and was afraid his dad would shoot Cinnamon “first one on my property I kill”. The boy doesn’t protest at all so I think he has grown up knowing if you are told to do something you have to do it.
I think he spent his time on fixing the fence because he likes the horses and wants one like he said on pg 125 and didnt want his father to shoot or harm them in any way.
I think that he did it because he thinks he might get a horse if he takes good care of them. “You’d like to have one I bet,”said his dad. “Yes sir,”said the boy. “Wire’s in pretty bad shape. Basterds aren’t doing there job. Looks like we’ll have to do it for them,” said the Dad.
I think that the boy spent the time on the fence because he really liked the horses. Expecially cinnamon who is his favoriate miniture horse. " Cinnamon came over to me one day when I was taking a break and pushed her soft nose against the fence." " You really want one of the horses dont you?" "Yes." He also thinks that showing his dad how hard he is working on the fence will make him change his mind about getting a minature horse.
i think the boy mended the fence because he wanted to be with the horses or he did it because he didnt want to let his dad down. his dad told him that if any of the horses were to get on his land that he would shoot they and he didnt want that to happen. cinnamon, the sorrel, came over to me ane afternoon wheni was taking a break, pushing her soft nose through the fence toward me, andi promise myself that the next time i came i would bring the stump of a carrot otr a lump of sugar with me.
I think he worked so hard on the fence because the dad threaten to kill the hores because if they broke through the fence he would have killed them and the boy didnt want cinnamon to die so he had to work hard on them." you really want one of those hores dont you""yes."
I bet that he wanted the horses to be safe from the wrath of his dad. He said that "The first one that comes on my property, I kill."- page 125. I bet that the kid didn't want that to happen to them. And working on the fence also gave him a reason to see the horses, a good excuse. "I would walk down the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves." -page 123
I think that the boy was really interested in the horses, and wanted to watch them play. So when the dad said that he was going to kill the first horse he sees on his property. He felt like he had to make it his responsibility to take care of the fence so he could enjoy the horses. One time I spent A lot of time on a project for school because I didn't have a very good grade in that class so I wanted to raise my grade.
I think he did it becuse he was scared of his dad getting mad at him and he didn't have anything better to do plus he likes the horses. I think he doesn't care if he does it or not. (They were relentless and I had become relentless too...I cursed and balled the hand briefly into a fist to stanch the blood and went to work again.)(Most day sI hated them. I cursed them as they leaned their slight weight against the fence, their ribs showing.) The boy lost feeling.
i think he did it 'cuz he dident want his dad to kill the ponies because he has a strong fasanation for them and doesent want them to get shot by his dad
I think he spent so much time because he cared about the horses and he liked them so he didn't want them to escape. I think he didn't want his dad to shoot him either.P 131 I blinked. I knew what was coming. The thin sunlight, refactored as it was by the snow, dazzled my eyes, and the shadows that hid him from me were deep.
He really liked the horse, especially cinomon, because on page 125 the dad asks if he would like one and he said yes and was worried when he said" The first one to come onto my property I kill." Tyler P6
I think that he was amazed by them. I also think that he liked them. " I would walk down to the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves." I think that he stayed because he wanted one but couldn't have one because the he thinks that his dad hates them. " The first one that comes on my property, I kill. This also shows that he would fix the fence because he didn't want them to die.
I think the boy spent the time he did on the fence because, if the fence broke, the horses would get free onto their land, and with the boy's admiration of the horses he realised that he didn't want his father to shoot them for the reason of trespassing. Also the boy seemed to feel responsible for the fence since the owner obviously wasn't taking care of it. "I was the only one who knew what bad shape it was getting to be in." pg.123 "By long tradition, that stretch was the responsibility of the landowner to the south, and I figured my old man would die before he would take up labor and expense that properly belonged with the owners of the miniature horses." pg.123
I think the dad made the kid fix the fence so he would not like the horses. Do you like those horses yeah well then fix the fence. I hate those horses for breaking the fence which cut me all the time.
i made my daily round of the fence, patching up the holes the horses have made. pg. 126 I would walk down to the fense and climb up on to sagging wire pg. 123
i think he did this so that he could see if the horses broke through and because he was lonley
I think the boy spend so much time on the fence because his dad was trying to teach him a lesson, but then once he spent so much time on the fence with the horses he cared about them and didn't want anything to happen to the horses. page 121: "I was happy enough to see more of them come, those funny little beggers" showing that he really did care about them.
page 125: "You'd like to have one, I bet. Wouldn't you boy? he asked me. Yes sir, I said." this said he liked them and would like to have one of his own maybe.
i think he loved the horses so much he wanted to best for them so he wanted to make the fence better so the dad wouldn't kill them because the story said: "First one that comes on my property, I kill." p.125 and "You've got to stop it. You don't want to come over here, even if the grass looks good. My old man will shoot you if you do." p.124
I think the boy spent as much time as he did on the fence because he was sorry for the horses and wanted to watch over them to make sure that the owners were doing a good job raising them. When he finds out that the owners are not doing a very good job, he spends even more time on the fence and with the horses because he feels sorry for them and wants to help them.
i think it was because he had an instant connection at the beginning of the story and maybe he just wanted to defy his father because of that. or maybe he really would feel bad if the horses got shot. another possible thing is that maybe he doesnt want his father to get in trouble if he did shoot the horse.
I think that he mended the fence because he didn't want his dad to hurt the horses. "First one that comes on my property, i kill." and "You've got to stop it. You don't want to come over here, even if the grass looks good. My old man will shoot you if you do."
i think that he was going to fix the fence becuase he thought it would be the right thing to do.
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ReplyDeleteHe did it because he liked being around the horses and because he thouhgt he would let his old man down.
ReplyDeleteI think that the boy stayed at the fence as much as he did because, he liked the horses and he wanted to have one of his own. "I would walk down the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves." (page 123, paragraph 2) I also think that the boy stayed there to see the horses, because he knew that he could never have one. "Can't work them, can't ride them, can't eat them. Useless." (page 120, paragraph 2)
ReplyDeleteI think that he was so fascinated by the horses because when the old man said"i bet you want one of those horses don't you."(pg. 125) Showing that he really was facinated by the horses. Also that when it says "Encoureged by her success she continued to drag him. I waited for him to kill her" (pg. 131) during those instances he was scared for them because he was so interseted in them and he was scared for them because he loved them.
ReplyDeleteI think he spent all that time on the fence because he really cared about the horses and wanted to keep them safe. To keep them safe he had to fix the fence so he did. The boy says - "You don't want to come over here, even if the grass looks good. My old man will shoot you if you do."
ReplyDelete"First one that comes on my property, I kill."
I think that shows that the boy would rather do hard work than risk a horse getting killed
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I think he did it cause he didn't want his dad harming the horses or like he said "Remember," my old man said "The first one that comes on my property, I kill." Or "The wire's in pretty bad shape. They aren't doing there job."
ReplyDeleteI think that he spent so much time on the fence because he loves the horses and wants to watch them and spend a lot of time with them. Another reason could be that hes bored and needs something to do, so he sits on the fence and interacts with the horses. " I would walk down to the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as tehy leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp narrow hooves" " You'd like to have one of those wouldnt you?"
ReplyDeleteI think the boy wanted to help out the horses because he felt bad for them and he realized that that was the only thing he could do since his dad wouldn't let him give them food. I also think he wanted to be a part of some living thing and he might have envied the horses running around free. He fixed the fence so the horses would be able to be more free with a sturdy fence.
ReplyDelete1st quote: I would walk down to the south fence and climbed up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves.
2nd quote: The fence was a shame and an eyesore. It had been a dry summer when it went in, five years before when the last of the dwindling Herefords had occupied the field, and the dirt that season was dry as desert sand, and the posts weren't sunk as deep as they should have been.
I think he just wanted to help. He loved the horses so thats why he spends so much time there. He liked helping people.
ReplyDeleteI think the boy spent a lot of time on the fence because it was an excuse to watch the ponies and not do farm work. While spending time on the fence he saw how the ponies were changing.
ReplyDelete"I watched them whenever I had a few moments free from ferrying feed for the steers"(pg.123) "After a few weeks, though, when the weather got colder and the grass was thin and trampled down, the horses became less like kids and more like convicts in some prison picture:heads down, shoulders hunched, they sidled along the fence line, casting furtive glances at me and at the comparatively lush pasturage on our side of the barrier."(pg. 123) In these quotes the boy realizes that the horses aren't being taken care of properly. He continues to spend time on the fence to see if it changes or how he could help them.
"The fence was a shame and an eyesore."(pg.123) I also think he spends so much time fixing the fence because of how bad it looks. He realizes that the conditions of the fence isn't good for the horses, either. He might think that if he fixes the fence up the ponies will be happier and a little bit more playful. If the horses were more playful he wouldn't have to feel as bad not being able to do anything.
-Amber
I think he spent time by the fence because he liked watching the ponies since they were new to him and he had to fix it.
ReplyDeleteI think that he finds the horses interesting and her doesn't want them to die so he is protecting them from his father because his father said that he would shot the horse.A line from the story said,"Remember, my old man said as he went back to his tracker. First one that comes on my propery, I kill. Then through out the whole story he is saying how much he likes the horses and how he watched them. Like in the story when he said, "I think they're miniture horses, I told him. Not ponies." He was defending the horses. - Josie S. Period 3
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ReplyDeleteI think the boy spent so much time on the fence because he really liked the horses and he didn’t want his dad to kill the horses so by taking care of the fence the horses couldn’t get on their property. His father said “first on that comes on my property, I kill.”
ReplyDeleteI think he spent all that time on the fence because on page 125 the father says he will kill the first one that comes on the property, and the son did not want to see the horses get shot so he took care of the fence. On page on 130 when the fence snaps you can see how scared he gets that his dad would do something, and it really seems like the son cares for the horses like there are his own and that they are all his.
ReplyDeleteI think he wanted to help his dad and I think he liked doing it since he liked the horses. "What's a good fence that dosnt go all the way around", and "You would like to have one boy, woundnt you."
ReplyDeleteI think the boy worked so hard on the fence because first, he fears his father. I think it was also because he cared for the horses and was afraid his dad would shoot Cinnamon “first one on my property I kill”. The boy doesn’t protest at all so I think he has grown up knowing if you are told to do something you have to do it.
ReplyDeleteI think the boy spent the time he did on the fence because he liked, and admired the horses. He was watching them play for entertainment.
ReplyDelete"They're just playing, I told him. They spend a lot of time playing."(pg. 125) -this shows the boys likes watching them playing.
"You'd like to have one, I bet. Wouldn't you boy? he asked me. Yes sir, I said."(pg.125) -this shows the boy like the horses and would want one.
I think he spent his time on fixing the fence because he likes the horses and wants one like he said on pg 125 and didnt want his father to shoot or harm them in any way.
ReplyDeleteI think that he did it because he thinks he might get a horse if he takes good care of them. “You’d like to have one I bet,”said his dad. “Yes sir,”said the boy. “Wire’s in pretty bad shape. Basterds aren’t doing there job. Looks like we’ll have to do it for them,” said the Dad.
ReplyDeleteI think that the boy spent the time on the fence because he really liked the horses. Expecially cinnamon who is his favoriate miniture horse. " Cinnamon came over to me one day when I was taking a break and pushed her soft nose against the fence." " You really want one of the horses dont you?" "Yes." He also thinks that showing his dad how hard he is working on the fence will make him change his mind about getting a minature horse.
ReplyDeletei think the boy mended the fence because he wanted to be with the horses or he did it because he didnt want to let his dad down. his dad told him that if any of the horses were to get on his land that he would shoot they and he didnt want that to happen. cinnamon, the sorrel, came over to me ane afternoon wheni was taking a break, pushing her soft nose through the fence toward me, andi promise myself that the next time i came i would bring the stump of a carrot otr a lump of sugar with me.
ReplyDeleteI think he worked so hard on the fence because the dad threaten to kill the hores because if they broke through the fence he would have killed them and the boy didnt want cinnamon to die so he had to work hard on them." you really want one of those hores dont you""yes."
ReplyDeleteI bet that he wanted the horses to be safe from the wrath of his dad. He said that "The first one that comes on my property, I kill."- page 125. I bet that the kid didn't want that to happen to them. And working on the fence also gave him a reason to see the horses, a good excuse. "I would walk down the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves." -page 123
ReplyDeleteI think that the boy was really interested in the horses, and wanted to watch them play. So when the dad said that he was going to kill the first horse he sees on his property. He felt like he had to make it his responsibility to take care of the fence so he could enjoy the horses. One time I spent A lot of time on a project for school because I didn't have a very good grade in that class so I wanted to raise my grade.
ReplyDeleteI think the boy just wanted a break from the work he had to do. and mending a fence is also a way for him to exaimine the horses more.
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ReplyDeleteI think he did it becuse he was scared of his dad getting mad at him and he didn't have anything better to do plus he likes the horses. I think he doesn't care if he does it or not. (They were relentless and I had become relentless too...I cursed and balled the hand briefly into a fist to stanch the blood and went to work again.)(Most day sI hated them. I cursed them as they leaned their slight weight against the fence, their ribs showing.) The boy lost feeling.
ReplyDeletei think he did it 'cuz he dident want his dad to kill the ponies because he has a strong fasanation for them and doesent want them to get shot by his dad
ReplyDeleteI think he spent so much time because he cared about the horses and he liked them so he didn't want them to escape. I think he didn't want his dad to shoot him either.P 131 I blinked. I knew what was coming. The thin sunlight, refactored as it was by the snow, dazzled my eyes, and the shadows that hid him from me were deep.
ReplyDeleteHe really liked the horse, especially cinomon, because on page 125 the dad asks if he would like one and he said yes and was worried when he said" The first one to come onto my property I kill."
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I think that he was amazed by them. I also think that he liked them.
ReplyDelete" I would walk down to the south fence and climb up on the sagging wire and sit and take them in as they leaped and nipped and pawed at one another with their sharp, narrow hooves."
I think that he stayed because he wanted one but couldn't have one because the he thinks that his dad hates them.
" The first one that comes on my property, I kill.
This also shows that he would fix the fence because he didn't want them to die.
I think the boy spent the time he did on the fence because, if the fence broke, the horses would get free onto their land, and with the boy's admiration of the horses he realised that he didn't want his father to shoot them for the reason of trespassing. Also the boy seemed to feel responsible for the fence since the owner obviously wasn't taking care of it.
ReplyDelete"I was the only one who knew what bad shape it was getting to be in." pg.123
"By long tradition, that stretch was the responsibility of the landowner to the south, and I figured my old man would die before he would take up labor and expense that properly belonged with the owners of the miniature horses." pg.123
I think the dad made the kid fix the fence so he would not like the horses. Do you like those horses
ReplyDeleteyeah well then fix the fence.
I hate those horses for breaking the fence which cut me all the time.
I think the boy spent so much time on the fence so he could see and admire the horses and could be by himself and think about them.
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ReplyDeleteI think he did it so that he could see the horses and so that it would give him something else to do after and before he had to do his other work.
ReplyDeleteI think he did it so that he could be close to the horses and so that he could get a break from his other work.
ReplyDeletei made my daily round of the fence, patching up the holes the horses have made. pg. 126 I would walk down to the fense and climb up on to sagging wire pg. 123
ReplyDeletei think he did this so that he could see if the horses broke through and because he was lonley
I think he spent alot of time at the fence so he could watch the horses. "I pitched over shriveled windfallen apples from the stunted trees...
ReplyDeleteI think the boy spend so much time on the fence because his dad was trying to teach him a lesson, but then once he spent so much time on the fence with the horses he cared about them and didn't want anything to happen to the horses. page 121: "I was happy enough to see more of them come, those funny little beggers" showing that he really did care about them.
ReplyDeletepage 125: "You'd like to have one, I bet. Wouldn't you boy? he asked me. Yes sir, I said." this said he liked them and would like to have one of his own maybe.
i think he loved the horses so much he wanted to best for them so he wanted to make the fence better so the dad wouldn't kill them because the story said:
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"You've got to stop it. You don't want to come over here, even if the grass looks good. My old man will shoot you if you do."
p.124
I think the boy spent as much time as he did on the fence because he was sorry for the horses and wanted to watch over them to make sure that the owners were doing a good job raising them. When he finds out that the owners are not doing a very good job, he spends even more time on the fence and with the horses because he feels sorry for them and wants to help them.
ReplyDeletei think it was because he had an instant connection at the beginning of the story and maybe he just wanted to defy his father because of that. or maybe he really would feel bad if the horses got shot. another possible thing is that maybe he doesnt want his father to get in trouble if he did shoot the horse.
ReplyDeleteI think that he mended the fence because he didn't want his dad to hurt the horses. "First one that comes on my property, i kill." and "You've got to stop it. You don't want to come over here, even if the grass looks good. My old man will shoot you if you do."
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