B- So, "Big Al", I REALLY need to start working with you. How about I climb up on the feeder and lean over you bareback...
*SNORT*
B- Gee whiz, Ranger. I was just messing with the new guy.
R- No Beel. You are my people and you should only mess with me the horse.
B- Okay then, it's a beautiful day and it's almost 70 degrees out. How about we take Alloy out for a drag?
R- Okay Beel. I will show Al-fred how to be a good horse.
B- Alloy.
R- Whatever.
B- Juanita can take Washoe, and we'll pony Al. Jesse will have to stay here. She "foundered" this week, and is under doctor's care until her feet start feeling better.
R- That Mare will not be happy. She will yell for us.
B- She'll get over it. We'll only be gone for a half hour or so.
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B- Man-oh-man! It is so pretty up here. We haven't been able to ride this trail for 5 months or so. Look at this- someone is getting ready to build a house up here next to the National Forest. Juanita, let's leave the trail and see if we can spot where they are going to build. I don't think we have ever ridden right along here...
B- WHOA! I said WHOA! Just STOP, Ranger!
B- Alloy, what in the world is wrong with you. You are supposed to just follow along when we are ponying you, and you just stopped cold and almost drug me out of the saddle...
J- Bill, Alloy is standing in a coil of barbed wire!
B- Oh man. Okay I'll climb off here and see if I can get him out of it...
A- IAmSorryBill. IHadToStopBecuaseISteppedInThisBunchOfSharpWireAndItWillHurtMeIfIMove. NowIfIJustStepHereLikeThisAndThenStepHereLikeThis. OkayWeCanGoNow.
B- Okay Alloy. I am impressed. You have a very good mind. That could have been a DISASTER, but you just worked your way through it and didn't even get a scratch. You are one smart horse.
R- I do not think a smart horse would step in a big pile of biting wire Beel. Al-loof is a goofball.
B- Alloy. Stuff happens. He is a very smart horse. Let's head home now.
B- Nice ride. Here we are...
B- WHOA! I said WHOA! Just STOP, Ranger!
B- Alloy, what in the world is wrong with you. You are supposed to just follow along when we are ponying you, and you just stopped cold and almost drug me out of the saddle AGAIN.
A- IAmSorryBill. ButWeAlmostCrossedAVeryDangerousWildRiverAndICouldHaveDrownedOrBeenEatenBySwampMonsters.
B- Alloy, We are 10 feet outside of your corral. That is the same stream you drink out of every day. There are no monsters. You crossed the stream 20 minutes ago with no problem.
A- IJumpedOverTheRagingRiverSoTheMonstersCouldNotCatchMeTheFirstTime. ICanNotCrossTheMonsterInfestedWaterBecauseIMightDrown.
B- You are going to make me get off of my horse and lead you across a ONE FOOT WIDE TRICKLE of water, aren't you. Jerk. You are a lot less smart than you were 10 minutes ago.
R- I think he is afraid of Al-e-gators Beel.
Well at least he hasn't run away again. Plus I wouldn't put it past Ranger to have told him that there are monsters in the stream....
ReplyDeleteOh man, barbed wire!! That stuff is deadly. I think it shows extreme self-preservation, a quality I have learned to dearly love and respect in horses. (They don't all have it in equal measure!!)
ReplyDeleteOh Lawdy. I had tears in my eyes picturing that with sound. Love it!
ReplyDeleteToday I discover all the blogs I follow in the trash folder?! I kept wondering why there was no posts. Not the smartest. Unlike Alloy. Lol.
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