ASSALAMUALAIKUM AND VERY GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF

YOU . WE WILL PRESENT YOU ALL ABOUT BLACK BEAUTY IN

CHAPTER 4 , A LONDON CAB HORSE .

BLACK BEAUTY : HELLO , MY NAME IS AMIR SYAFIQ . I AM BLACK

BEAUTY . MY SECOND OWNER GAVE THE NAME TO
ME BECAUSE I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COAT .

GINGER : HELLO , MY NAME IS TAJUDDIN . I WILL BE ACTING

AS
GINGER IN THIS CHAPTER . I AM A TALL HORSE . MY
COAT IS BROWN .

CAPTAIN : HELLO , MY NAME IS AFNAN . I AM CAPTAIN . I AM

BLACK BEAUTY ` S COMPANION AS A CAB HORSE AND
MY COAT IS WHITE .

JOHNSON : HELLO , MY NAME IS AMIR SYAFIK . IN THI STORIES , I

WAS JOHNSON . I LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF HORSES .

JERRY : HELLO , MY NAME IS BASYAR . I AM JERRY IN THI

STORIES . I AM A CABBIE WHO OWNS BLACK BEAUTY .

MARY : HELLO , MY NAME IS ABDULLAH MUNZIR . I AM

MARY IN THIS STORIES .

NARRATOR : HELLO , MY NAME IS HAIZAN . I AM THE NARRATOR IN

THIS STORIES .

NARRATOR : HERE I FELT LIKE THE BLACK BEAUTY OF MY EARLY

DAYS .

MARY : HE `S SO HANDSOME .

SHIRLEY : IF NOT FOR THE SCARS ON HI KNEES , HE `D BE TOO

GOOD FOR A CAB .

JERRY : I NEVER RODE A HORSE WITH A FIRMER STEP . LET `S

CALL HIM JACK , AFTER OUR OLD HORSE .

SHIRLEY : THAT `S A GOOD NAME .

NARRATOR : JERRY HAD A CAB OF HIS OWN . BLACK BEAUTY

 PULLED IT WITH A PROUD OLD HORSE , CAPTAIN .
NARRATOR : SOON AFTER , JERRY SHOWED ME OFF AT THE CAB
STAND .

MICHEAL : I DON`T KNOW . I`D SAY HE`S WORTH WHATEVER YOU

PAID , JERRY .
HE LOOKS TOO NICE FOR THE PRICE YOU PAID . YOU`LL
FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIM .

NARRATOR : AT FIRST BLACK BEAUTY WAS BOTHERED BY THE

HURRY OF SUCH A BIG CITY .
BUT JERRY WAS THE BEST DRIVER BLACK BEAUTY`D
KNOWN .

JERRY : EASY BOY . MOVE ALONG NOW .

NARRATOR : AND BLACK BEAUTY LEARNT LONG AGO NOT TO LET

LOUD NOISES BOTHER ME .
BLACK BEAUTY LIKE HIS STALL AT HOME . JERRY
KEPT ME CLEAN AND GAVE ME PLENTY OF FOOD AND
FRESH WATER .
BLACK BEAUTY AND CAPTAIN WERE ALSO ALLOWED
ONE FULL DAY REST EACH WEEK .

CAPTAIN : DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME MY MASTER WAS

KILLED IN BATTLE ?

BLACK BEAUTY : YES , BUT WE HAVE THE DAY OFF , SO TELL ME AGAIN

NARRATOR : THE WINTER CAME THAT YEAR , WITH AGREAT DEAL

OF COOL , WET WEATHER .
THE SLIPPERYNSTREETS WERE SCARY .
ONE WINTRY DAY , A NEW CUSTOMER CAME UP TO
JERRY .

JERRY : JUST ONE MOMENT , SIR .

JOHNSON : FINISH YOUR SOUP , MY FRIEND . I CAN WAIT UNTIL

YOU`RE DONE .

JERRY : THAT`S REAL GENTLEMAN . HE HAS A KIND THOUGHT

FOR A POOR CABMAN AND LITTLE GIRL .

NARRATOR : THAT SAME KIND GENTLEMAN RODE IN JERRY CAB .

JOHNSON : STOP THAT , YOU BEAST ! I`LL HAVE YOU ARRETED

JOHNSON : I CAN`T SEE AN EVIL THING LIKE THAT WITHOUT

ACTING . TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD
IGNORE CRUELTY .

JERRY : I WISH THERE WERE MORE GENTLEMAN LIKE YOU,

SIR .

NARRATOR : FOR A CAB HORSE , I WAS TREATED VERY WELL .

BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE FOR ALL HORSES .

NARRATOR : ONE DAY , A SHABBY OLD CAB WITH AN OLD

CHESTNUT – COLOURED HORSE DROVE UP BESIDE
BLACK BEAUTY .

GINGER : BLACK BEAUTY , IS THAT YOU ?

BLACK BEAUTY : OH MY ! IS THAT YOU GINGER ?

GINGER : YES . I HAVE BEEN SOLD MANY TIMES , AND EACH

MASTER HAS BEEN WORSE THAN THE LAST .
I NOW WORK FOR A MAN WITH A CAB . HE KNOWS I
AM WEAK , SO HE IS TRYING TO GET ALL HE CAN
OUT OF ME .

BLACK BEAUTY : YOU USED TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF WHEN

YOU WERE MISTREATED .

GINGER : IT`S NO USE . THERE`S NOTHING I CAN DO

ANYMORE . EXCEPT BEAR IT . I WISH I DEAD .
DEAD HORSE DON`T SUFFER .

NARRATOR : WITH A TUG FROM HER DRIVER , GINGER DROVE

OFF .

GINGER : FAREWELL , BLACK BEAUTY .

NARRATOR : A FEW DAYS LATER , BLACK BEAUTY SAW A CART

WITH A DEAD HORSE . BLACK BEAUTY HOPED IT
GINGER . THEN HER TROUBLES WOULD BE OVER .
BLACK BEAUTY : IF ONLY MEN WERE MORE CARING . THEY WOULD
: SHOOT US INSTEAD OF MAKING US SUFFER SO
MUCH .

ACTOR :

BLACK BEAUTY : AMIR SYAFIQ MOHAMED

NARRATOR : MUHAMMAD HAIZAN
GINGER : TAJUDDIN
CAPTAIN : AMIRUL AFNAN
JOHNSON : AMIR SYAFIK MAZUNI
MARY : ABDULLAH MUNZIR
SHIRLEY : AMIRULAFNAN
MICHEAL : ABDULLAH MUNZIR