horses

I know I wrote in an April Fools day blog about the wild horses. That wasn't true. This is though.

Part of me wants to write..."Do Not Try This At Home". But i won't, because you haven't got any wild horses at home and I guess I ended up okay.

There were a bunch of wild horses outside my home on Saturday. So I, being the "learn the hard way" kind of person I am sometimes, decided to go out and try to pet one. Yes...I did. I very slowly began approaching the one horse, who was kinda off to himself. I was talking to him in a soft voice. I got really close, close enough that if I reached out I could have touched him...but I was scared stiff to move my arm. so I walked away and went inside. See...it all turned out okay!

But once I got inside, I noticed my sugar bowl. I grabbed it and went back outside. The horses were still there...and I felt more bold to approach the one horse. I walked slowly to him, and spoke gently that i had sugar for him. I stood in front of him and he watched me put a pile of sugar into my hand. I reached out my hand and just held it there in front of his nose. He eventually, after about 5 mins, walked forward a couple steps and licked the sugar off my hand. All of a sudden, all six horses were surrounding me, and nudging me. I ended up with no sugar left in my bowl by the end. The horses licked it all off my hand. And then they let me pet them after.

That was cool. Maybe not so smart...I admit that....but I will never forget how it felt to have those horses eating out of my hand and allowing me to pet them. You now how good it feels to take a really deep breath after you've been holding your breath for a long time? It kinda felt like that. Only, the hair on my skin was standing on end too!