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A roan is a horse or cow with a coat consisting of one main color mixed in with white hair.
Roan Quotes in Little Britches
The Little Britches quotes below are all either spoken by Roan or refer to Roan. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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Then he said to me, “Didn’t have no trouble with him, did ya, Little Britches?”
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Chapter 26
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“Yep, they’re easier ways, and it would be easier for him to forget. The lessons you remember longest are the ones that hurt you the most when you learn ‘em. Do you follow what I’m tryin’ to tell you?”
I couldn’t help thinking about what Father had said—that night out on the chopping block—and I said, “I guess I know what you mean.”
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Roan Term Timeline in Little Britches
The timeline below shows where the term Roan appears in Little Britches. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 7
...a ride earlier. The cowboy talks to Ralph’s mother while Ralph admires the cowboy’s blue roan. The cowboy offers to let Ralph ride, and Ralph’s mother agrees. However, the cowboy gets...
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...she is. Ralph grows bored, however, and begins to think of Hi and his blue roan. With a plan in mind, he asks if he can leave early to pick up...
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Chapter 24
...horses, but Ralph likes neither one of them. He has an eye on a blue roan like Hi’s, and Hi cajoles Mr. Cooper into letting Ralph “take a shot at him.”...
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The roan colt bucks intensely, but Ralph manages to stay on. Though he can barely see straight,...
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