"The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" by William Saroyan follows two young Armenian cousins, ...

"The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" by William Saroyan follows two young Armenian cousins, Aram and Mourad, from the Garoghlanian tribe-a family legendary for its eleven-century record of unwavering honesty. One dawn, Mourad awakens Aram with a magnificent white horse he has "borrowed". Despite their extreme poverty, the boys enjoy secret morning rides, justifying the act as a harmless adventure rather than theft since they never intended to sell the animal.