![]() ![]() In the night, Irina's rewarded with a magical ride on Bella-now come to life and so large that Irina can no longer reach her back but as the blind man has warned, the love-starved child's hunger for something that's all hers is doomed to disappointment-in time, Bella escapes to run with the wild horses. Tenderly, she cares for ``Bella,'' brushing and feeding her and treating the wounds that appear as she's cleaned. ![]() Then Irina spies the tattered figure of a horse in a junk- shop and-with the help of the blind owner-persuades her parents to let her have it. ![]() Christmas is a joyless observance at their instruction, even choosing her own present becomes a dreary chore. Irina's parents are grim, hard-working farmers, with no spark of affection or humor leavening the daily grind they expect her to share. A lyrical fantasy about the transcendent power of the imagination. ![]()
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