The Visitor from the Ice River

Story summary: In Australia at the end of the 19th century, in a mountainous area far from the town, young Jim and his father lived by raising horses. Like other boys, Jim has loved horses since he was a child and dreamed of becoming a hero riding a good horse. At that time, there was a group of purebred wild horses that often appeared in the forest area near Jim's home. Many horse lovers tried to capture them and tame them, but they all ended in failure. One day, a herd of wild horses attacked Jim's woods. Jim persuaded his father to stop the wild horses, but unfortunately his father was trampled to death by the horses. His father's old friend Sibo gave the lost Jim a good horse and asked him to go to the plains below the mountains to find work and make a living. Soon, Jim found a job at the rancher Harrison's family. Others looked down upon him because he was a mountain man, but Harrison's daughter Jessica liked the capable and kind Jim very much. One day, Harrison went out, leaving Jim alone with Jessica. Jessica encouraged Jim to tame her father's most cherished colt worth a thousand pounds with her. The wild horses attacked at this time and Jim was injured. After Harrison returned home, he lost his temper because he found that someone had touched the foal, and drove Jim out of the farm. Jessica also ran away from home in anger. Jim found Jessica in the mountains, and he Tossberg sent Jessica home. in Sri Lanka