ACROSS THE DESERT 

question

1.What sound does Shasta hear for the first time in Chap. 9?  

The sound of a nightingale. 

2.What might that symbolize in the story?  

There must have been some wonderful flowering shrubs and other animals hidden in that shadowy undergrowth in the valley.

3.What more do we learn about the character of the horses in this chapter?  

Bree is brave and out spoken and Hwin is shy nervous and gentle. 

4.Which horse seems more courageous and noble than the other?  Why?

Hwin. Though she was the weaker and more tired of the two, she set the pace.