‘Newfallen Snow… and a Horse to get to Know…’

‘SHELBY GOES FOR A RIDE‘

“Stop that, you crazy animal! You’re covering me in snow! Stop it right now or I’ll knock you right out of that tree!’ Shelby, with that, loses his grip on the fir bough and plummets, landing on a firm surface, the horse’s back!

Shelby is having such fun, and suddenly this very, very large animal Is scaring him out of his wits, and when he asks Shelby what kind of creature he is, Shelby can’t muster enough calm to reply; instead he hiccups loudly and everything he says is through a dreadful bout of the stutters..

The horse’s opinion – “Would you look at that! It’s a rat and it thinks it’s a bird!!!” And then this strange beast starts laughing so hard it nearly shakes Shelby off his precarious perch, but the laughing continues, whinnying and neighing something awful.

Shelby starts jumping up and down, shouting through his worst ever hiccups, “I’m not (HIC!) not a rat! No, (HIC!) I’m not, I’m not a rat!!! I’m a ffflying (HIC!) squirrel….” and then says apologetically, “I didn’t mean to throw snow at you (HIC!) , I didn’t even see you there!!”

To sum it up: The horse is from the nearby farm, and Mother has known him all her life! She and Darby appear, grinning sloppily, they all say their hellos and Charlie says “Hop on, there’s plenty of room on my back!” and so they do and have just the best time they’ve had together. Ever!

What did Shelby learn that day? Oh, this is a big one!! He learned to stay aware of his surroundings; Charlie scolded him quite roundly for that, and Mother had her own special talk later on.

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