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[lisa]

I entered the store room waxing the saddel that was paintly siting o nmy lap and changing the shade of brown that has deasapeared under the usage.
i hanged it back in place and entered the two nely emptyed stalls an dstarted mucking them out and geting them ready for tomarow.
Once the new beding were placed i dumped the waste and let the sweet air that had moutain sent enter my body.
i decided to go check on glow before i freed myself to tend to samy.
I leaned over he fence and watched the shy filly at the end of the pasture making baby stteps towared the nearst pasture were fivemares were cooly grazing someplaying in the dirt.
Seeing every thing ws well i tietned my pony tail and entered the store rom once more.
msy brown eyes carfuly seareched the rackes untill they landed onthe big black western saddel that comp,limnted Summer so well grabing the tack and grooming kite i rushed into samys stall bistroing 5tthe tack upon the door i unbolted the notch and slipped in starting to groom the stalions gleaming coat i wishpred word of camforn into his ears and watched his grace mane play in the wind.
Smiling to myself I handed him a carrote and continued the carfull grooming.
I was almost done when summer dream cane to my shoulder and nuzzled me afectiontly.
dd you ejoy that boy i asked droping the brush and kiising his long head.
I hoistered on his blanket and over it carfully threw on the saddel that made his wight coat look even more royal.
thre you go boy i reasured him looking in the girth and sliping in his bite.
sacuring his bridel shut i placed the raines in my hands and lead him into the training ring.
tightning the girth i threw the raines over his head ad mounted on.
I sat back in my saddel and kliked my theeth toghther casuing the strong stlion to move gracfully around the ring.
pointing my boots up i rotated them to his side after four circutes around the ring and cklicked again feeling samys strides widen and he troted royaly around as if he was a spoiled prince.
drving him forward i felt Summers mussels work like a well oiled mation but with alote of spirts.
are you raedyboy i warned and shricked a vilante kiss in the air feeling my pony tail become undone the ground under our feet disaoearec nnd we fklew into the air united as one we disapeared around the corner and reapeared in it tthe next seconde.
Pushing my inside leg at his shoulder with eah passin circet and making his body circle around asmall circle.
Hay I shouted pulling back the reins i started walking hime around and praising hime for the tight circle he formed.
Ok Summer are you ready ? i asked opning the gate open and taking hime to tythe nearst ring were the two barrels were placed perfecly.
The gate was already open and the huge clock set to time every entec and exit form the gate.
Huging my feet tightly around his belly we charged at the first barrel.
he obliged and i tightned the turn kiking my feet aginst his belly.
I aclr=arted is speed and by the time we swpted over the last barrel samy galoped magicly passing the gate i looked up at the clock it raed 1:28.
your such a good boy i glowed with dlight peting him nonstop i mounted off and lead hime into his stall were he let me untack his things and give hime a good rubdowen rewarding hime with a ripe appel after sliping off hisbridal
I gave hime one last brush and went to the task of tending to the tack that needed to be cleaned.

[lisa]

I returned to find the strong stlion gukping dwon water smiling to myself i went to the task of mixin the feed taking too cans and dumping them into Samys stall that barbaricly started cranching away and one at Glows stall. geting the last of the cans and flapingbthe bluehalter ovcver my shoulder i damped foxys food into her plate and rushed to the lone pastur weree Glowwas still studing the horses in the near padadock.
This gave me a good head start as i snack at her untill i finally reached hera and with no fuss i sliped on her halter an dlead her away so she can spend her night indoors.
Watching her devour the food i bolted the door shut and jumped into my truck heading home after anther tyresome day.

[lisa]

I jumped oput of the truck taking a dose of fresh air I scrambled to Glows stall were she was qitly chewing at her hay net that was almost gone.
Hey girl I called watching the fargile filly fight her way towards me.
Peting her lovingly i asked her how her nigh was and left her to bee walkinng slowly to the store room .
I let the aroma of old tack enter my lunges and started mixing the feed ading rescue remdey and lavnder oil powder into Glows feed and adinga speck of powder into Foxys feed just in case.
dumping the feed in place I watched the feed disapear and entfred into Foxys stall to replace the water.
I exited the stall keeping the woden half door oppen I felt my footings on the grass and went over to the patsure.
My brow eyes searched the green pasture untill they fell on foxy that was chasing qeens golden trophy i lugheed as i realised the reason this happened was simply beacuse queen was grazing at foxys favorit patch .
Leting the spirts calm dwon Igave aloud wistel and wattched Foxy zoom towareds me in happynes.
Hey girl i peted her letting henuzeel my shoulder i handedher a suger cube and asked did qeeny take your grazing patche i asked sarcasticly while sliping on her halte.
Poping the gate popen i treiid to keep up with the exited mare that was enxouse to get to her feed.
Slaming the door shut bhinde her i entred the store room and grabed the grooming kite and the lavnder oil.
I ran across the yard entering glows stall I saw that her haynet had been emptyed you greedy girl i teesed her an d started inching my way across her body carfully grooming the small body I beccame pleased.
although i have yet to meseg her with lavnder oil she was very rlaxed wich ment a bode was forming.
I decided that it would be best to give her lavnder oil today too just in case.
rubing the oil across my finger I started circling my finger on her gleaming coat I felt that sadenly Glow had put al the presuure of her small vbody at my care and leaned on me.
this was too much i tried to digest what just happened she haad toatl and complete turst in me grabing the lead rope i carrfully sliped it on carful not to hurt the sweet mare.
we walked up and down the yard a few times before i started runing showing her at a trot she moved galntly enjpoying tyhe run.
I pulled the leadrope and brought her to a stope peting her olovinglyyand asuaring her she has done a spectaculer job.
returning her back into her stall I gave her a quiq brush before leading her out once more and seting her free in the lone paddaock were she seemed very pleased at the chance to p;lay i watched her chase a poor rabit that acidently found it way into the padadock

[lisa]

Lughing at the trourter Glow was plannig for the poor rabite watching hime skip way.
Entering the store room i grabbed the bucket and like a chery on that i hoistred on samys saddel and pad and limped back to his stalll were he was lazly chewing at his haynet.
Breathinga sigh of realife I slamed the tack over the half door an dcalled samy that amidaitly swang his whole body around he treied to kick of the saddel that was blocking hi sreach to me.
Im coming im coming i asured hime tryiing to calm the eager horse dwon i pushed the door open and rushed in hugingh his long graiose neck kissing hime and wishpring words of camfort I swang the bucket over the green door.
how are you sweety pie iasked giving hime a taste of my best baby talk.
starting to move the hard brush over his already gleaming coat i plantd words of encourhment 8into his ears.
Bending dwon to replace the brush inoticed his hoofs needed picking an aimdiatly set to the task of finshig up his coat.
Your a spioiled prince I teased Summer that didnt seem to care infact heloved the fuss over his presouise coat.
Inspectingmy work I smiled and said to hime you look ready for a show dumping thebrush layzly into the bucket i grabed the hoofpick that was hiden underneath all the equipment.
Comeon boy i called puting snmall presure on his knees and cafrfully ppicking ou the unwanted dirt.
Is that beter i asked hopefully droping his last foot I threw his pad over and let the saddel felow.
Ckluching the girth shut i fourced in the silver bite i felt the leather bridale in my hand and fastened it over his oversised head.
sizing the reines i led him to the big areana that I reasereved previosly kiking the gate open i tightned Summers girth before instinctvly threwing my feet over his royal body .
Grabing a tight hold on the reibnes i showed hime to a walk and warmed hime up.
after we gentely swang around the ring i cklicked in the air and felt the steardy feet under me begine to move obidaintly at the corect lead gushing across the ring i sqeezed my feet tightly against his bely and cantred buteafly around the ring.
Fly around i concenrated on his speed urging hime to go faster and faster from an earlier decesion i made oit a note not to practice with the barels but try to teach hime to make tigghter circles in higher ranges of speed.
Comne on boy i urged kiking harder an dswwinging my reines back and forth ii felt hime cater more and more vinotly tightning the circles each time we past the minture pony that stood at the fence.
I felt that Samy was starting to feel stres an dwith a flicker of a footmade the circle biger and rode around for a few more rounds before pulling hime to a stop and gracefully6 mounting off.
Good boy i praised the exsuasted stalion and uged his neck tightly and started leading the way back to the protective walls of his stall.
Making a quiq move and realising hime from the bridal i hanged it nextt to samys halter and slowly untucked Summer that showed not lees then pure jpy at the chance to let his skin be freshened.
runbing hime dwon I concentrarted on pulling the swet of his coat.
Giving hime one lats brush i profacainly sliped on the Black halter and gave a light pull at his lead rope and intrested hime into the open arms of the pasture were he freely roamed gentely playing in then mini plaine.

[lisa]

I raced back into the barn my spirts high i went on to the gruling task of mucking out the two newly emtied stalls and laying dwon new bedings to complete the things needed to make this a horse heaven.
Replacing the dirty water i sighed with relife remebring how fourtant i am to be able to do this.
Hey girl i called exiting Glows stall and meeting Foxy that was anxiously waiting for heme to shower her with love.
I imdaitly obliged and let her muzzel me lovingly peting her head i asured her with words of camfort.
and watched the experinesed horse back up and let me push the heavy half door open.
Ther you go girl i awarded her with a treat and haried to insert the bucket that was already waiting at the side of the two stall.
concentrating on the many grains of dust that ennclosed the play ful horse.
Amused i asked her teasingly did you play i the dirt agin?
after i doubel checked her coat was sparkling i startedpeacfully untangly her main that was a jumbel of knotes.
That beter isnt it i asked foxy that was already half asleep.
My hand aoutmoticly started forming circuler motions across her body and watched the muscels swift reaction i was carefull not to alow her the waite of my shoulder as i hade enough to mange as it was>
like a good parent i quitly shifted out of the cozy stall and rushed to the store room were Foxys faithfull tack was paitently seated on the rack .
making the heavy equipment fall dwon on me i limped back holding the whight saxddel tight I lazly placed it on the half door an d scrambled in to makea quiq tuck up this ofcoures didnt disturb Foxys bueaty sleep . once all was sacured i swifly placed the halter and gave a light nuge ordering her into a walk we slowly walked up to the small ring were the whipe and lunge line was already waiting.
Going threw the raguler jumbel I sent her out into the ring and wached the once tarfied horse walk confidantly her feet gracefully brushing the soft sand.
after I decided she was well warmed up I shout a klicking sounnd into the air and Foxy imaditly troted friously lookin more gracefull then ever i proudly watched the sweet tempred horse try to please me in any way posibel.
Ok girl are you ready?

[lisa]

I asked cracking a loud kiss in the air.
Watching the bright sun shuter as foxy embraced her self into a soficeticated canter and ran dwon the rail.
happines taking over in every starnd of tisue i had I glowed at the sight of her tall figure pet the ground and fly off.
after a fexw magical moment my heart beats slowed dwon and i landed back on earth .
Pointing her to the small ex that was paitntly waiting to be used.
foxys ears curiously perked over and she zoomed over the striped jump.
prefecting the childs play time and time agian i realised we had e dobn eeanough and slowed her dwon brining her into the middel I ran my long fingers across her gleaming black coat wishpring words of dlight into her sensetive ear.
after i felt tha t she hade calmed dwon I replaced the browen lung line that was bursting to go loose and replaced it with the wight braided lead rope.
But to foxys surprise Instead of trustedly reaturning to the stalls that awaited her dinner itied her to the fence post.
tacking a small bottel of lavender oil into my both i steadly grabed the saddel and using the strength of the stirps to pull my selder short figure up the moment my buns floated on top of her strong back she started roling her eyes.
fliping back her ears i read the terfied horse mind and before she was able to throow her back feet up in protest i was saftly on the ground circling her neck for reasurance.
as i expected she amidaitly came back to her sences and was lovingly knikring my side feeling all the muscels in her body loosen i redide my braid and perpered to my next try.
Jumping back on the horse after i fell of i felt Foxy insinctvly repley.
time and time agin i went throw the same procejer untill finally after the sight diapeared into the blanket of gleaming stars .
Now i was proundly placed on the steardy backa simle of truimp danced on my face as i asuarngly mounted off for the last time today and led the tired horse to the warm stall wer i afectiontly sawto all her needs swiftly living as if i never were ther she returned to hjer newly done haynet in peace.
In the store room slome one had already mixed the three hand fulls of feed and i hade left to do was stop at the three stationsto unload.
once all was in placed i left summer to davour his feed an dcalle dGlow that eagrly cantered toared me at the sound of food ringing in her ears.
carfully sliping on the tiny halter i returned her to the safty of her stall.
after fassening a light blanket over summers back i entered the office to sing out before i vanish.
in the corner next to the fireplace stood a small box of newly borne pups that were snugeled in ther mothers warmth.
On the big box it raed in need of a new home thanx michicko.
delighted ipicked out one of the shy girls.
tucked under my arm we both jumpedd into the truck and headed home sfter an exusting day.

[lisa]

I drove dwon the drirt road smelling somthing bad in the air i siftly jumped out of the truck running to the officwe to see what hade happened.
Abby the small girl i met while exrecising Summer was siyting on a stool whiing her tears.
It seemed everybody over slepet so i softly huged her asking her what was the mater.
Between sobes i understood that carole asked her to lunge Foxy so i could have an early day out ot get the new member of my horse family sunny's bright chip and when she entered foxys the terfoied horse that was used to my exprianced hand s got dscared and stormed up towreds the trail.
My brain started explodingfg with fears and my breath became faster and faster.
But i kept a strate face and huged the young girl afectinatly.
It's ok i'll find her.
"i'm so sorry i wish i could help" she wined in depretion"
Concentraiting on her mention i rep,.laid heply "But you can if you get glow back into her stall and clen foxys stall and place feed intio the stalls then it would be a great help.
Her eyes glowting she ran out the door whilre i flew to the store room were i some how manged to pile up Summers tack and his groominhg kite .
wadling into the pasture i gacve a faint whisel hearing Summer Trot obidantly to the fence .
Throwing the tack over the fence i scrabled to his side peting hime and wishpering words of comfert. Crying into his neck manged to offer him a appel and cklick the leadrope shut.
Loyaly folopwing me to the other side of the fence i tied hime up and in a minute he was already for the jorny i segneled Abby with my eyes that i left the grooming kite there and with out a warning swang my small fett acrose his back and walked fastly out of the barn grabing Foxys halter of thwe rack and before you new it i was cantering thrrewq the dence forest staedly calling Foxys name in anexictey my heart raced with every passing moment .
As we were tearning on the tight turn on lovers lane Summer hite somthing and lossing his balance he fell on the floor.
I goot up from the earth dusting my self of the dust i tried despertly to ignore my brusies and alamrly nelt dwon next to summer feeling hime with afection as i cghecked his woonded leg that hit the rock that was planted in the ground.
peting his swety neck I wisjhpered into his white ear i'm sorty boy but you sprained you ankel whta can i do now will never find Foxy just as the tears staryed to fiil up my face i felt nuged at my face .
lifting up my face i realised gFoxy was standing right next tyo me nuzzeling me with afection .
oh my good girl i reunited with her.
I sighed agin theinking of how to get both of them out of hear .
and then i hade a crazy idea.
Summers tack fite foxy and the bridal was just a bite biger maybe.......
as fast as the idea apeared Foxy was tacked up and Samy was tieds up to a tree standin with his right leguu[p picking at the treats that i placed in front of hime.
donbt desapoint me girl i wishpredinto herr ear and fircly jumped on her back at first we walked unsurely on the trail but steadlly i started increasing the pacree untill finally when Hobline farm apeared we were galoping freely wentering the barn with cayouse and by night all horses were sacured in ther stalls exept foxy thatg was givcen anight out in the pastoure.
I manged to change the apointmenyt to the next day .
\before retyiring home i replaced Summers newly placed banege and gaily leeft anther exiting day to the past.

[lisa]

I hauld my self sleeply out of the truck druging my havy legs into the stabel.
Summer was lazly sleeping leaning slightly on the stall walls while glow that was on the other side of the yard paced in her stall counting the secondes before she can race dwon the pasture.
hey girl i wishpered peting her lovingly an=nd feeling her nuzzel sneakly climb up my neck.
I picked my poccket for treats and found a big ripe appel handing it to her I watched her gready eyes feel up with light and crunchedthe appel awawy at a wink.
petinng her longingly before restoring back to my tascks.
Rushing dwon the iel to the sore room i instinctvly mixedup the three cupsand like lightnning rushed to let them stream dwon to the buckets.
By the time I got to sunmmers satll hbe was alreaqdy perked up and allert trying to figur out why his food was taking so long.
the oat hiting the hard backet i scrambled inside the stall profacenally checking his wondded leg thay was obidaintly cramped up in the air. Carefully swinging off the bandege his leg that changed from white to voilt.
Kissing hime with reasurance i rubbed the ointment that was white like milk over his injured leg before twisting a new bandege on his leg.
locking thbe door shut i raced cooly around the barn and into the front pastuares where Foxy was cantring around with air passing her pasture mates like a queen walking by the comen men.
at the sound of my whisel as if a rope was ataxhed to her nose she changed directiones obidaintly and ame to a hallt right in front of me almost knocking the fence over.
hnading her a perfectly made suger cube i squeezed between the two boardes that framed the fence
Gracefully sleeping her halter that was blue like the sea.
Befor i evene hade a chance to grabe the leadrope she gaily troted to the gate waiting for me to open it i gave her a stern look before gtabing the leadrope and leafding her away back to her stall.
i quiqly grabbed glow that was gwting so ipaintent she was reserting to kicking at the haf door.
l There there i ordered quiqly leading her away into the patsure were she galoped wildly next i got to summer who was much calmer and i slowly led hime away to a small padock were he could graze without other horses disturbing himeor making his sitoution wiorse,
I harrried to the two empty stalls and obidaintly started mucking them out.

[lisa]

Dusting off my pants i lookede up at the shinning sun and smillled to myself gaily and harried to the store room to get all of foxys things.
throwing the heavy white leather tack across my arms i skiped into Silly Foxes stall wre she was anouqshsly looking for molre food.
i quiqly threw the tack on the half door ang gave hera big bear hug.
"my sweet horse " i wishpered in her ear giving her a light groom and carefully started to track her up.
tightning the girth i felt that her body was as calm as could be her magnificent brown coat glimmered in the sun and she didn't dhow any resisrttance as i sliped her bridel on.
We walked gracefully across the yard towreds the big areana.
I felt a gloat of pride rush into me thinking of the terfied horse that came here and become of her now.
Hey M i called seeing her big truck pull over .
She gave me a big smile and apoligitacly left almost flyingto do her duties.
Closing in on thew areana i felt Foxys small ears preck fowared at the sight of the new invirmentopenning the gtae for her i watched her eyes glaze with uncertanty.
instiungtivly i circled her a few times before leading her in.
Foxy huffed at the grass that was so diffrent fronm the sandwe have been working on so far.
Just when every thing was sacure a nd i was ready to mount on foxy decide it was a good time for some snacks.
scoulding her teasingly i poustered my slef on the comfy saddel.
holding the rains in my arms i ordered her into a walk.
Foxy seeme very relaxed as she passed by trying to explore her new envirment.
But the next thing she new it we were troting gantly dwon the fence raicing desteney that has gone out to play.
We passed her at the turn and soon Foxy was like a dream she didn't make one mistake.
Right on time i squeesed my feet againset her spoft bely and we were off it was nothing but me Silly fox and the wind .
Oonce i felt the magic ware off i slowed foxy dwon to a walk leting her catch her breath i went over the coures i set up earlyer with my eyes "go over the trot poles turn to the left go over the pole jup turne to the right and go over the biger trot poles and walk eight step forward and three back before coming to halt".
Iordered here into a elegent trot fite for a qeen heself and charged towared the trot poles.
to my amazment she flew ovewr them as is if the were one singel jumped and then flew over the jump with many feet to spare.
When we gote to the biger poles i hade to shorten my raines to keep her from jummpin over threm too.
We walked forwaredand wirthout any re4gret she flowed my comaned to walk three stewps backwards.
we wdent throw this saneriou a few times before i slowed her dwon into a walk and colled her dwon thinking to myself How much my girl has been yerning to jump and what a asrtounding talnt she had.
pulling her to a stop i petted her long browen neck running my finers threw her blackmane i jumped off and swiftly leding heraway back to her stall while in my heart i promised to myself to set up a more challenging corse next time.
quiqly tucking her off i gave her a nice long groom whispering words off love into her ear before showing the tack back to the store room.

[lisa]

My hand scrubing firuisly at the wight saddel waxing it throughly before placing it back on the rack.
leting my hair swim in the air i rushed to the front pasture were Glow was Galoping sweetly after Mysterys women that apearntly done somthing to agrvate the Princes oif the lot.
Leaning on the fece i saw her eyes squint towreds me amidaitly changing her course towreds me.
Tacking a unexpected stop right befor almost knocking into thje fence.
Hi girl I called to her jumping easly over the fence and professionally tightning the halter over her long face.
Winnig her heart with a small suger cube that moments earlyer was tucked neatly in my pocket .
leading her with out a glitch up to the far small ring wear we slkolowly circled around.
After Extrordanry glow finshed smelling every malacual of air I replaced the lead rope with a lounge line and took a deap breath.
this was a big deal for me for the first time ever i was going to join up with the young filly.
Grabing the whip tightly in my fist feeling the anoxeace swet start rolldwon and my heartbeartes quiqen i slashed the sofet sun with the harsjh wihp.
waching the domnate female imdialtly start galoping friously sround the ring.
Not a glint of fear apearead in her dark black eyes we must have been working for an hour when the firtst sings acoured Glow started cheqwing at the air pleading to join me insuide the ring.
lossning thetight grip my eyes had oon her i let them fall dwon and fellt the shy girl close up on me.
Slowly turnning my back on her I felt her hot breath on my neck along with a soft nicker i felt all the sweat slide slimly about me as i walked diturmened around the ring hearing her steady steps bhinde me.
Finnaly I took a deep breath a felt my body turn toawreds her and witha big leap my arms were sunguled across the fiily as i wishpred words of love into her ear.
once agine cklicking the Lead rope shut i lead her back to the stabels a big smug smile nested on my face with the sings of victory.
pulling the half door open we squeezed inside the warm stall.
Lossening glowes halter and placeing it on the small hook before starting the art of grooming the shy mare.
seeing her Soft cot strat to gliter I left her to her hay .
rushing to the store room i filed the three handfulles of food and in a hurry dumped the i place.
Quiqly waving everybody goodbey and Jumping on my truck I sped dwon the lain turnning left I drove to a new love....................................................................................