DREAM HORSE
By: Grace Edwards

A wonderful horse, waiting for me
As beautiful as horses can be
A chestnut, red as Mars
When she jumps up, she hits the stars

A deep brown eye, like jarrah wood
When I give her aids, she does what she should
This horse is the only one for me
I'll ride her from Queensland to Northern Territory

This horse and I, when we meet first
I will ride her for all I'm worth
She'll gallop so fast, it really is frightening
This horse goes by the name of Lightning



First True Love
Apprehensive I came down to you,

Slipped your halter o'er ears so tall

You gobbled up your treat, I slipped the billet through,

the brass buckle on your headstall.

You nudged my shoulder seeking grain,

I tied you in the aisle,

You bumped me gently once again,

I was sitting out in a field just wondering when will I ever get my dream horse I closed my eyes for a second and i heard a horse running towards me and i said "i know your there Colton (my little brother) and if your agervating me about my dream horse just leave" then i looked up and saw a beautiful black horse with a white star on it's head and i looked around and saw nobody and it already had a saddle and bridle on so i just hopped on it and urged it to go and it ran like the wind and I was having the time of my life i yelled WAHOOO and i guess my mom heard me because she ran out and yelled "Hey where are you first-aid kit or ambulance and i turned the horse around and went out of the woods and met my mom and she said "Where'd you get the horse ain't this your dream horse?" I said "yes" and my mom said "you can keep it" and i squeled today my horse's name is Misteria she is a girl who was 3 months pregnant with my new colt spirit.

THE END

- horse knee = human wrist, horse stifle = human knee, and horse hock = human heel

- a horse uses a liter of oxygen a minute when walking, and almost 60 liters of oxygen per minute when galloping

- horses use 10 percent less energy standing up than they do lying down.

- when people groom horses and ponies in the areas where horses "groom" each other (the neck, back, and shoulders), their heart rate decreases by about 11 percent.

- Xenphon (circa 430-355 BC), a general and historian from Greece, wrote a book about riding and training horses which described procedures still used today.

- horses and ponies have been shod (given horseshoes) since Roman times.

- the English Thouroughbred can be traced back to three Arabian stallions in the 17th and 18th centuries: Darley Arabian, Godolphin Arabian (King of the Wind, anyone?), and Byerley Turk.

- all American Morgan horses are descended from one stallion, which lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was named Justin Morgan after his owner.