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A comment on Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls. Parent comment

Re:Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls by dmlorenzetti on Monday April 29, 2019 @11:28AM (#19779227)
Not saying your main point is wrong, but Black Beauty wasn't written to appeal to young girls. It is an urgent call to treat horses better, and has been called "the most influential anticruelty novel of all time."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty

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Re:Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls by jessaustin on Monday April 29, 2019 @02:48PM (#19781349)
As a young boy I certainly cried when reading that book.
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Re:Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls by jbottoms on Monday April 29, 2019 @03:30PM (#19781780)
And "King of the Wind".
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