My Early Years in Catuary

Shazon's Horse

Mews, Human,

Shazon got a horse! She doesn’t even live on a farm, and she got a horse! Oh, he is a beautiful horse, with shiny black hair and a long black tail, and he will live in a stables. And Shazon is going to take riding lessons! Oh, how I wish I had a horse too!

I told mewma and pawpa, and asked them if I could have a horse too. “Oh, please, please, pleeeeease,” I begged. “I would take ever such good care of him,” But they said no, we couldn’t afford a horse, and that we had a lovely donkey that I could ride.

Stupid old donkey. I have ridden him lots of times. And he just plods along. He is no fun at all. When I went out to feed him this evening, I just threw his straw down and yelled at him. I told him he was a stupid donkey, and I wished he would go away so we could get a horse. He looked very sad, but I didn’t care. I stomped up to my room and hid my head in my pillow and cried myself to sleep.

Mewma and pawpa just don’t understand.

Mim