Copyright -Douglas M. MacIlroy
Friday Fictioneers – March 22, 2013 – Genre: Humorous
“Horsing Around”
“Sweetheart! A beautiful horse!”
What!? It was mangy-looking with tattered hair, patchy fir, and spindly legs. The idea of it winning a race was laughable. I said so.
Kimmy looked at me.
“It’s a wonderful, intelligent animal.”
I started to say something. The horse used the nearby hose to splash the fence. As if satisfied there was no current, it began stepping on the wires. When the first one popped off, hitting the ground, it looked at me.
As the hoof moved up to the second wire, I ran. Racetrack or not, I knew I couldn’t outrun it for long.
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good story. Don’t see many trees to hide behind.
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He may be an old race horse put out to pasture…but I would not test him. I bet no human can outrun him, no matter his advanced age.
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That’s for certain.
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No matter how bad a racing it horse it can outrun that guy…
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Oh, yes, and, perhaps, it did!
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Hi Scott,
Well, it is intelligent, even if it’s turning that intelligence to negative uses. Interesting and creative story. Ron
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Thanks!
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Yikes — a good lesson to be careful around horses. Fun story!
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Agreed!
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He could’ve saved himself a lot of grief by listening to Kimmy. Cute.
Shalom
Rochelle
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I agree.
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hahaha they’re sensitive creatures, you know ^^ would hate to think of what happened next haha good one ^^
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Sensitive might still be able to stomp to death.
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It’s gonna get ya.
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🙂
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I think there’s going to be some bloodstained hooves soon unless our anti-hero finds a tree to climb! You built the suspense well as the horse sets about demolishing the fence.
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Thanks!
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Aye! The horses is coming, the horses is coming! Better be careful who or what you insult.
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Paul Revere’s horse!
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The visual here is great–
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Glad! I could see it while I wrote it.
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oooh, another vengeful horse story! Nice job
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Thanks. It was fun to write.
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Rooting for the horse in this one. Hoping he gets the chance to knock the guy down a peg.
Denmother
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Wish granted, then.
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Good one, Scott. Just another reason why I don’t trust horses.
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🙂
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Good move on his part, Scott. The horse wants to let you know he has a coat or hair but no fur. 🙂 And I’m not horsing around!
Have a lovely day,
janet
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My slip, too tired!
Scott
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Besides, the guy hated horses.
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This horse knows who’s the boss ! enjoyed this 🙂
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🙂
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Don’t mess with the horse yeh ! Nice take on the story 🙂
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Never mess with an animal, especially one larger than you.
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Personally I always like to stay on the right side of a horse – that’s the ground side. Nice take on the prompt.
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I am with you.
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Hi, my comments are not getting posted, don’t know why. Probsably going to scam. Once you had similar problem, how did you set it right.
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Went to spam; I got them. Thanks.
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Nice story, seems they are really intelligent.
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Of course, they are.
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this was an interesting story:)
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Wrong thing to say! I think the horse in your story’s quite a bit uglier than the one in the picture.
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Yes, I did take some literary license.
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Oh dear, I hope he was able to outrun the horse!
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The finish of the story is up to each person. I, generally, write horror, so – no, he wouldn’t make it. 🙂
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Oooooohhhhh I like that. Giggle, snort.
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🙂
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😆 Definitely a funny post. At least he has the sense of mind to get a dead start. A good story.
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Yes, sounds like he needs to. Thanks.
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That’s one determined horse. Nice work.
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Thank you very much.
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don’t ever insult a horse on his own turf. Enjoyed this.
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🙂
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