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War Horse: Enough Courage for the Two of Us

RhythmicHeartbeat

Published: Dec 5, 2011

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"He stood up, tucked the sketchbook under his arm, came over toward me, and scratched me behind the ears. 'You like that, boy, don't you? Under all that fire and brimstone, you're an old softy at heart. Come to think of it, we have a lot in common you and I. First, we don't much like it here and would rather be somewhere else. Second, neither of us ever been to war - never even heard a shot fired in anger, have we? I just hope I'm up to it when the time comes - that's what worries me more than anything, Joey. Because I tell you, and I haven't told Jamie this - I'm frightened as hell, so you'd better have enough courage for the two of us.'"

Captain Nicholls and Joey from the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.
This has to be one of my favorite excerpts.

_{I know that there's a movie coming out, but this is my interpretation of both characters. :>
_{I know Captain Nicholls is supposed to have curly hair, but I made it wavy instead. alskdjfkalsjd /bricked}
Oh, and I can't draw horses. Soo...
art (c) ~RhythmicHeartbeat}

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mizzstargirl

Mar 2, 2014

I keep coming back to look at this, it's so fantastic

I finally got to see a version of the play on Thursday and it was so good. It's been my favourite book since the very first time I read it more than ten years ago, squished into a bean bag in the corner of one of my primary school classrooms and I've been dying to see it performed.

This is my favourite part of the book too and Captain Nicholls has always been my favourite character