Sometimes I worry about myself. Magic and I have not been able to go to the fields lately. I really don’t know whose feet are keeping us in. The doors to our runs have been closed to keep one of us out of the mud. This is sad – I love mud! I also love standing in my run looking out to the fields, day dreaming and remembering Hoover. We have been able to run around the indoor arena which is pretty great, but not go outdoors.
Yesterday, the man who brings our hay and that little person came and installed something in the doorway to my run. I waited in Sara’s stall – and left the princess a little present so she would know I was there – Ha! The thing they put in my stall looks like a large spider web. I am normally very brave but I really hate big spiders. They just creep up on you, and before you know it they have found a cozy home in your mane. My mane is actually quite stunning, so I understand why a spider would want to make it his home, but I just can’t take it.
I stayed away from the web, even thought I really wanted to look out at the fields. Then that little person showed up on the other side with alfalfa treats and called to me. I of course went to her but as I snatched the treat my lips touched the spider web. ICK!
Magic was watching all of this quietly. When I got scared touching the spider web, he looked at me in his wise way and told me that this is not a spider web but something called a “stall guard” that lets me look outside, poke my head out, check out the action, enjoy the sunshine, but stay out of the mud. Now he wants one too!
I really have decided to be tame around people, but the thought of large spiders just sends me over the edge. Thank goodness for Magic – because of him I can now look out to the fields even when I have to stay out of the mud, and he never tells the other geldings about these little incidents. Friends are the best.
I am Thor and I am an Equamore horse.
