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Author: Ava |
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Date Posted: 20:19:01 06/17/02 Mon It was a warm summer day, and also my first full day with Julia, my newly adopted girl. "What do want to do today?" I asked Julia. "Wide" she said sheepishly. "Who do you want to ride?" "Twademawk" she said her eyes glistening in happiness. "Okay, you want to help me get him ready?" "Oh yes, Mommy!" "C'mon then" I giggled. When we got there she instantly went and got a lounge line, Trademarks saddle, and halter. "Okay now help me get this halter on his lug head." She laughed happily and stroked his head.Suddenly, Sprinkles let out a whinny that said "Hey, Juli, come over here and give me a treat!" "No, not now Sprink." she replied. "All set." I laughed inside my head. "Let me go get Freedom saddled." "Wwwwhat?" she stuttered. "I'm going to saddle Freedom so I can teach you how to ride without a lounge line" I answered. Her face was ashened. "Don't worry-I put on the kiddie sturrups." I said, trying to calm her. "Okay." she said, knowing that Trademark would never do anything to hurt her. ***** After I saddled Freedom, I led him back to Trade's stall. "Lets go!" she yipped joyfully. "Okay, okay." I chuckled. I helped her mount up onto Trade's back.The sturrups were really just as short as they could go. I mounted up and clasped the lead rope I had hooked onto Trade's bridle. That I had slipped in and got while she went over to see Sprinkles. "Get the reins-the leather-ropey thing and hold on loosely, but not to loosely." I instructed. She looked at my hand and did the same thing. "Okay, now, nudge him with your heels and he'll start to move. Ready?" "Yeah!" she quipped. Nudging Trade gently, just as I did, we started to move. "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" she shouted, but not to loudly. "Now I'm going to unclip the lead ro..." "NO!" she screeched in pure anguish. "It's okay, I'm going to ride right beside you." "Okay." she sighed out of relief. Then, uncliping the lead rope I drooped it on the fence post. Julia nudged Trade into a canter. BOUNCE, BOUNCE, BOUNCE! "YEOW!" she howled pulling Trade to a stop. (Quite quickly, I may add) "Do you know how to bounce up before the horses bottom goes up?" I asked. "No, Mommie" she returned, still rubbing here bottom. Thunder rumbled close by. There ws no way I was going to ride in a thunderstorm, for the fact that the horses might spook and bolt, and Julia might get hurt. "I'll teach you tommorrow, because a thunderstorms....." Torrents of rain came down before I could finish. "Mommy!!!" Julia screamed as a strike of lightning made Trade rear. "Hold on!" I yelled. Riding heck bent for leather, I urged Freedom to go faster and faster. Thump! "JULIA!" I screeched hopping off Freedom before he was completely stopped. Trade was standing over her, guarding her against the rain. Gently picking her up she said: "Put me down and get Twade inside!" I saw Trade standing in a hurt position. "Okay." "I wanna make suwe he's okay." she demanded, trying to hop up on Freedom. I helped her mount then led Trade inside and Julia rode in wide-eyed that she had just rode Freedom, no lounge line! She hopped off and rushed over to Trade. "Is he okay?" she anxiously questioned. "Yeah, just a little scrape, it hurts, though, so don't touch it." I answered. ******* We were inside when I asked her what had happened. "Well, I don't know weally, one second I was trying to lead him, the next, I was under him." "Oh." I said, sipping my hot tea. "But I do know that I slipped and fell." she suggestedly put in. "So that was what I heard" I thought. "Mommy?" "Yes?" "Awe you mad at me?" "Why would I be?" "Well, I worried you, thats all." "No, Juli." I smiled reassuringly. "Good, lets watch a movie." she said happily. "What movie would that be?" "I dunno, you pick." "Lets go by one." "Cool. Lets get "Spiwit-Stallion of Cimmawwon". "Okay." I laughed harder than ever. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |