Little Boy Of The Mountain G

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The boy went back outside and around the side of the house, to the west courtyard, which was a large fenced-off area with a partial roof over it's southern half. It had a small A-frame doorway at the north-east corner where he filled his water pouch from a rainwater bucket, above which his mother had placed a wreath of flowers surrounding a seven pointed star made of interlocking reeds. The main gateway from the courtyard led out westward where there was a wide gravel area upon which the market-cart stood, covered in a sheet. Within the courtyard, his steed was resting: Clipper, the farm donkey, whom had been given to his parents as a wedding gift by their neighbours to the west that were breeders of horses and makers of saddles.

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