The Yard
Book Two
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Al eventually managed to scrape the sand off Daff and put him to bed, she checked all the lights were off; gates were locked and went home. When the yard is quiet and free of humans the horses chat amongst themselves: ‘You were really rotten to do that to your mistress today Daff’ Lyric whinnied. ‘What does she expect getting herself something to eat and not me, after I had done all the work carrying her across the common?’ ‘Well I can understand knocking the table over but you then went and chucked her on the floor.’ ‘Now that wasn’t my fault I was trying to protect myself, it’s not my fault she can’t stay on.’ ‘But you didn’t wait for her to get back on you took advantage and ran off and then my mistress and I had to go and get you which meant I had to do extra work.’ ‘Oh sorry about that Lill’s. Anyway you started it all by mucking about on the road.’ ‘That’s not fair you know I had that mishap with a car, I just can’t cope with cars behind me, it’s frightening.’ ‘Good job I’m around then isn’t it?’ ‘Excuse me chaps, my name is Lennie I just moved in today.’ ‘Hi, I am Lyric and this is Dafydd, where have you come from.’ ‘I don’t really know it was quite a long trip in the box. My master is very nice he allows me to do anything I want, but I’m not to keen on your mistresses they were rather rough with me when I arrived.’ ‘What do you expect dragging your master around the yard; I think you are in for a few surprises mate.’ Daff snorted. Daff had already decided that he wasn’t keen on Lennie, as Daff liked to be the centre of attention when it came to misbehaviour!
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About the Book
Once you have ridden a horse you may then progress to owning your own horse; if you do it will no longer be just a hobby but it will become a way of life. The horse you own will be with you – hopefully – until the end, so owning a horse is not a decision to be taken lightly as it is life changing. True horse owners are a very dedicated group of people often doing two jobs just to keep their horse; it is a commitment like no other but they are worth all the effort and cost as they provide a richness and a quality of life that I certainly would not want to be without.
Our Olympic equestrian team showed all the aspects of the horse, its strength, its agility, its gracefulness. For me the Dressage shows us the horse as his best; in harmony with a human working silently together to produce such astonishing movements. All this from an animal that aimlessly grazed until humans harnessed its power and taught it a new language; horsemanship.
About the Author
The Author is also the illustrator, she has thirty years experience and has trained two horses herself. Her qualifications are that she has none and has learnt by trial and error! Her love of horses and her love of drawing and writing have led to the creation of The Yard and other books. Her main inspiration is a Welsh Cob called Dafydd who came into her life when he was nine months old and she was sixteen years old. She has written and illustrated for fun for most of her life, now its time to share the laughter and allow others to enjoy the authors work.