I think I might have graduated

My mom did. I'm not sure if I did. She put her hat and scarf and on me so I think I might have. But I'm not sure what it means to graduate so I don't know if I did or not. I liked wearing them though. I like to wear things.

It was hot today. And my bite still hurts. My mom and Sparky's mom both looked at it today. They said it was still swollen and kind of hot. Mom got some ice cubes and put them in a towel. Then she held the towel on the bite. It felt so good I didn't even move. That did help a lot.

After she was done, she brought me for a walk. She said I had to stretch my legs but she couldn't ride me with my bite. We had a nice quiet walk and we went to the Rolling Arena so I could have a nice roll. I liked that a lot. I found just the right place and went down and rolled and rolled. I almost got all the way over. Sparky can get over all the time because his withers aren't so high as mine. Mine get in the way. I have to really work to get all the way over.

It was a good roll though and I felt a lot better after that. It's amazing how much good a nice roll does for a horse. We finished our walk and by then Sparky's mom had finished lungeing him so we all walked to the Pony Arena for a turnout. When we got there, we saw there was a water trough near one end of it. That was new and Sparky's mom brought him over to see if he wanted a drink.

Sparky is kind of afraid of water. I don't know why. He says he's a desert horse and they don't much like water. I love it though. He was standing sort of far away from the trough and sniffing it carefully but I went right up to it and poked my head right in. I got a good long drink and then I put my face in right up to my eyeballs! That feels good on a hot day. And if you breathe with your nose under there, it makes bubbles. That's fun. I made bubbles and splashed with my nose and dunked my head in a bunch of times. I was having fun. Sparky didn't like it at all, though. He wouldn't go near it after that.

Then our moms took us into the arena. Mom let me loose and Sparky's mom let him loose and the next thing I knew, Mom was gone. I don't know where she went. I didn't mind because Sparky's mom was still there but then someone came with another horse and wanted to lunge in the arena. Sparky's mom put his halter on and took him out but I was left in there all alone! She brought him near the end of the arena where there was some grass and let him graze and then some other horses came and got tied up nearby.

I got pretty upset then. My mom was gone, Sparky was grazing, there were all these strange horses around. I started rushing around the arena, snorting and dancing. I was mad! I wanted to graze too. And I wanted my mom. Sparky's mom talked nicely to me but that didn't make me feel any better at all. I needed to get out of there!

But then my mom came back. She called my name and I rushed over to her, then ran to the gate near where Sparky was grazing. She knew just what I wanted. She came in and got me and talked nicely to me and told me everything was okay. She took me out and I was pretty excited. I pulled kind of hard and even reared a little but she just made that noise she makes that tells me I'm being bad and I tried to be better. She brought me over to the grass and I felt a lot better. That was all I wanted. It wasn't fair that Sparky got to graze and I didn't. I was afraid there wouldn't be any left! But there was and our moms let us graze for a long time. That was nice.

When we got back home, Mom put some medicine on my scuffs and my bite which felt good and we went to my stall. My alfalfa was there which made me happy. I was eating when she came back with the hat and scarf. She was wearing a funny long coat thing and she picked up my head and put the hat and scarf on me. I didn't mind too much but I did want to eat my hay. Sparky's mom had that little box thing that they often carry around and point at me and she pointed it and then mom let me eat again and told me we had graduated. So I guess we both did but I don't really know what it means. Maybe it means we got new stuff to wear.