You will probably agree that this story does not have breathless adventure and exciting action. Then what in your opinion makes it interesting?

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The various reasons which make this story mind-gripping and a real page turner, are:

The innocence of the language which keeps us in suspense about the belongingness of the horse.
The mystery behind riding horse;

The interesting feature which makes this story captivating is the way in which the relationship between the author and his cousin develops.

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