Flies

It was hot today. And there were lots of flies. I don't like flies. They land on me all the time and it makes my skin feel funny. I spent all day swishing my tail at flies. They make me so mad!

Mom puts this stuff on me to keep the flies away. It sort of works. They don't bother me as much when I have the stuff on. But there are always some. I think flies like me more than other horses. I think they like to eat my food too. Everyone likes to eat my food.

It was after my alfalfa when my mom came to the barn today. Usually she comes before that and I get a hay snack and we do something and then the guys come and give me my alfalfa and Mom gives me my dinner in a bucket. But today it was later . She still gave me a hay snack though. Mom knows how much I like my hay snacks.

Sparky came over and I shared with him. Sparky tries to eat all my food sometimes but I have to be nice to him because Mom says so and because he's my best friend. So I shared my hay snack. Mom was happy and I got cookies.

I also got to run in the round pen. That's this pasture thing we have. They call it that. I don't know why. Mom makes me go around in circles in there but I don't mind because I get to run and that's fun. I can run really fast. I also got to roll. I like to roll. I like dirt. It feels good.

Then I got to walk around with Sparky and we played some bite face. That's a horse game. It's fun. You try to bite your friend's face and they try to bite yours. Mom doesn't like it when I try to play it with her. People don't know how to play much. One time I tried to bite Sparky but his mom was in the way. I hurt my teeth on her head.

Now I'm going to go sleep in my paddock. I hope the flies leave me alone. Stupid flies.