Following Your Heart
“Beside her, Teresa clutched the reins on the bridle of the other horse, her eyes still shining as the horse bent its neck down to get at stray pieces of hay on the barn floor.
“Hang on to him!” Susan ordered with a laugh.
“But he must be hungry,” Teresa said, struggling to keep from getting knocked over.
“They’ve had plenty to eat,” Daett said. “They just can’t resist another bite of food. Given a chance they’d eat themselves to death.”
“Is that true?” Teresa asked, pulling hard on the halter.
Susan nodded.
Teresa’s horse raised its head, blinking its eyes close to her face. Teresa laughed. “I do think he’s pleading with me.”
“Don’t give in to his tugging on your heart,” Susan said. “Colic and founder may happen if a horse eats too much oats or rich food. It can kill them.”
“Okay, that one’s ready,” Daett hollered out, slapping the horse on the rump. Susan led him forward.
“Don’t worry,” Susan said as she went past Teresa. “Just hang on to the reins.
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