Have You Seen the Little Horse?

It must have been the stories of the waving kitty. She had been to many lands. She had explored many cities of the world. The little horse begged and begged to be allowed to travel. His au pair warned him. The world is a big place and a little horse could get lost.

But he had his heart set. He longed for adventure, the sounds of other languages, the taste of exotic vegetation. His mother, who had roamed a bit in her past, said that he could go if he would behave. He must be polite and try to abide by the customs of the lands he went to visit.

His father told him to keep his ears pricked, to look to both sides, and never let his tail droop.

His sister wished she could go too, but she was very young and her mother said no, someone must stay and keep the au pair busy. The pinto pony promised to play with her and tell her stories.

And that is how the little horse found himself looking out the window of a big airplane at terrain he had only imagined in his dreams.