The word quickly spread 'bout the new horse in town And from all 'round the county young kids headed down To the pasture where Blackie could always be found Standing still, like a rock, on the same patch of ground. This (mostly) true tale tells the heart-warming story of a horse who made standing stock-still a lifelong endeavor-while becoming a champion rodeo horse, a tourist favorite at Yosemite Park, a legendary environmental crusader, and the beloved mascot of one of America's most beautiful towns, Tiburon, California, on the shores of San Francisco Bay. "There's so much to see Standing here in the shade of a juniper tree. Blackie liked standing still! Yes, he liked it a lot! "What's the hurry?" thought Blackie. See, most colts are frisky but Blackie was not. Peterson's delightful and touching biography-in-verse, Blackie, The Horse Who Stood Still. His coat was coal black so they named the horse "Blackie," And before very long folks found out he was wacky! Meet Blackie, the stubbornly motionless equine hero of Christopher Cerf and Paige. In a pasture in Kansas one early spring morn A horse quite unlike other horses was born. Blackie: The Horse Who Stood Still: The Horse Who Stood Still (Hardback)
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