One day, Raul was miles away from the small ranch(牧场)house in a large valley. __36__ seemed to be all right,yet he felt strange and somewhat uneasy. The wind had picked up,and angry,dark clouds __37__ across the sky. He could smell the rain coming. And it did. __38__,the lightning flashed through the clouds, nearly __39__ Raul. The thunder(雷声)was so loud that he buried his __40__ in his hands and rubbed his eyes. Then he heard it. Hoofbeats(蹄声). He __41__. There before him stood a tall, white __42__. An old man stared down at him from its back.