Horse Hero

I met a woman who had a way with horses. One horse came to her place to keep another horse company. One day this horse was not to be found. It had run away. No one had seen it. She phoned around the neighbourhood and drove up and down the backroads.

Finally, on the second day she saw the horse coming up the road toward her place. Behind her was a Shetland pony that could hardly walk. Its fur was in tangles. It's hooves were so overgrown that they curved under and backwards and the pony could only take a step and then stop before gathering itself for the next. The leading horse would also stop, look back, make encouraging sounds and together they made it back to Dina's place.

Dina manicured the Shetland and cleaned its matted coat. A veterinarian prohibited the pony from returning to its owner (by court order) and the Shetland lived out its days with Dina and her other animals. Dina left the room and came back with photographs at that point in her story and showed me the dear thing - "Before and After" pictures.

This is the sort of story I can get up early in the morning for.

-lora bennett-