What was the narrator’s experience as regards carrying corn on horse?
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Washington had to go to the mill to which he used to take the corn, once a week. The mill was abouy three miles from the plantation and this work he always dreaded. The heavy bag of corn would be thrown across the back of the horse, and the corn divided about evenly on each side, but in some way, almost without exception, on these trips, the corn would so shift as to become unbalanced and would fall off the horse, and often he would fall with it. As he was not strong enough to reload the corn upon the horse, he would have to wait, sometimes for many hours, till a chance passer-by came along who would help him out of my trouble. The hours while waiting for some one were usually spent in crying. The time consumed in this way made him late in reaching the mill, and by the time he got his corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one, and often led through dense forests. He was always frightened. The woods were said to be full of soldiers who had deserted from the army, and he had been told that the first thing a deserter did to a Negro boy when he found him alone was to cut off his ears. Besides, when he was late in getting home he knew he would always get a severe scolding or a flogging.
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Please find below the solution to the asked query:
Washington had to go to the mill to which he used to take the corn, once a week. The mill was abouy three miles from the plantation and this work he always dreaded. The heavy bag of corn would be thrown across the back of the horse, and the corn divided about evenly on each side, but in some way, almost without exception, on these trips, the corn would so shift as to become unbalanced and would fall off the horse, and often he would fall with it. As he was not strong enough to reload the corn upon the horse, he would have to wait, sometimes for many hours, till a chance passer-by came along who would help him out of my trouble. The hours while waiting for some one were usually spent in crying. The time consumed in this way made him late in reaching the mill, and by the time he got his corn ground and reached home it would be far into the night. The road was a lonely one, and often led through dense forests. He was always frightened. The woods were said to be full of soldiers who had deserted from the army, and he had been told that the first thing a deserter did to a Negro boy when he found him alone was to cut off his ears. Besides, when he was late in getting home he knew he would always get a severe scolding or a flogging.
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