I had such a nice day today! It was sort of rainy and stupid all day - it's been like that a lot lately. I'm sick of the rain. My paddock is all muddy and I don't like it much. I don't mind a little bit of mud but when it's all deep and nasty I don't like it at all. But even though it wasn't sunny and nice out, my mom and I still had a good time.
She came just about the same time as the hay truck and she got my hay and put it outside my stall so I could eat it like a hay snack while she cleaned. That was nice. I do like to eat outside my stall. I don't know why. It just seems special. Anyway, I ate a good bunch of hay and then she asked me if I wanted to go for a walk.
We've been doing a lot of walking lately and she's been very strict about my Manners. But I still like going for walks. There's always lots to see and it's good to get out and do something. We started out down the road toward the Little Rolling Arena and I think Mom was pretty happy with me. She only made me back up a couple of times when I got sort of pushy or tried to circle around her. By the time we got to the hill by the regular Rolling Arena, I was walking pretty well and she had me on a fairly loose lead.
We got to the top of that hill and stopped to rest and then we started down the other side. We were partway down when she turned me toward a stall that sits all by itself and brought me right over to it. There was a little wisp of alfalfa hanging on the window and I lipped that up and then the horse inside raised his head and poked his nose at me and it was Cozzie! Cozzie was my best friend when I was in my old stall. He lived next door to me and he was young like me. We used to visit over our paddock fences all the time and scratch each other's necks and stuff. I just loved him - he was such a nice friend!
We were both excited to see each other. We pricked our ears right up and began sniffing noses and nibbling each other's faces and necks. Cozzie forgot all about his dinner and I forgot all about the little bit of alfalfa in my mouth. We were too busy catching up with each other. Cozzie has grown up a lot - he's bigger than he was and filled out more. He looks very good but he's still my nice friend. Neither one of us wanted our visit to end but it had to eventually. My mom let me stay there for quite a long time but she finally pulled me away. She petted me though and told me we'd visit again. I hope so. I was so excited to see him!
The picture above is me and Cozzie back when we were babies and lived next to each other. You can see how little we were. Our faces are really babyish. We still both have kind of young looking faces but not as much as we used to. I really like that picture. It makes me think of nice times.
We finished our walk and I was pretty good for the rest of it. I got a little pushy on the hill by the pasture because I was in a hurry to get back to my hay but Mom made me back up and behave and then she led me past my stall and made me stop and be patient. It was hard but I did it. She seemed pretty pleased when she finally put me away and when she brought my bucket dinner, she asked me to back up and when I did, she gave me a cookie.
So it was a good day. I enjoyed my walk and I especially enjoyed seeing my friend. I hope I see him again soon.
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