stopped, and the master looked at the horse and saw that I was not on him. He said:
“I declare, my young gentleman has dropped off!” and walked over to me.
When I told him that I was not hurt, he laughed and said:
“A child’s body is soft.”
I felt like crying. I asked him to put me again on the horse, and I was lifted on the horse. After that I did not fall down again.
Thus we rode twice a week in the riding-school, and I soon learned to ride well, and was not afraid of anything.