The horse goes home

One day John Byro, a lonely Assyrian farmer, visits Aram's family. He tells them that his white horse was stolen a month ago. He had paid sixty dollars for it, and now he has to walk.

Aram rushes to Mourad and begs him to keep the horse until he learns to ride too. Mourad is outraged at the idea that a Garoghlanian might steal. But he says the horse will go back... in six months.

Soon after, the boys meet John Byro on the road, with the horse. The farmer looks at it closely and examines its teeth. He says he would swear it was his horse, if he did not know the boys' parents and their honesty. Then he lets them go.

The next morning, the boys quietly return the horse to John Byro's barn. Even his dogs stay silent, as if they understand.

Later, John Byro tells Aram's mother that the horse has come back: it is stronger than before, and better-tempered. Neither boy is ever found out. But the farmer's trust in their family has shamed them into honesty: their conscience and the family's honour have won.