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- From: tara@wam.umd.edu (Tara)
- Subject: Re: Horse Toys
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.134555.22841@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 13:45:55 GMT
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- A couple of days ago, my littlest horse, Quaker, discovered a new toy
- that she enjoyed immensely. Our resident fix-it-man, Steve was busy
- installing an electric fence which now divides the big field in half
- so that the grass at the far end could get a chance to grow without
- the horses on it (i hate keeping the horses in & my stallcleaners
- appreciate it).
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- Quaker discovered that the uncharged wire, when pulled, made a
- wonderful twangy sound. To add onto the excitment, the wire *moved*!
- Great fun! Even more fun when the human (Steve) is trying to shoo her away
- from it....all Quaker has to do is to run to the other end and escape!
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- He tried to keep her away...not much use though. Finally it came time
- to attach the charger. Steve hooked everything up and then made one
- last futile effort to chase Quaker away. No doing. She ran to the other end
- of the fenceline, away from Steve, and reached out with her lips to play
- again. Poor little horse almost sat down she was so surprized! (but
- then "shocked" would be a better word).
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- That toy unavailable...Quaker then turns her attention to Steve's truck
- (which was in the field to carry out the supplies, fenceposts, etc).
- In the back was a long orange something-or-the-other (I don't know
- the name, but it's used to secure a load on a truck...to tie it down).
- It proved to be too much...Steve had to chase after Quaker, who was
- running about with the orange tiecord out of her mouth and the
- dangerous length being several feet trailing out behind her. If Steve
- didn't walk up to her, then she would do laps around him and the truck,
- teasing (?) him to go after her.
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- Maybe I ought to invest in a Hippity-Hop toy for her to play with out
- in the field.
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