A runaway pony that has escaped its owners, police, a professional rodeo roper and a veterinarian who shot it five times with tranquilizers has found sanctuary with the only humans it trusts - a convent of nuns. For two weeks, just about everything was done to round up the hyper little horse. Police chased him with poles that have loops on the end; the county's mounted park police were called in with the hope that their horses would calm him. Daily Record
This is a true story of a small horse, a pony. He was not just an ordinary pony, but a beautiful, magical, mystical creature who appeared on our grounds many years ago...
What was his story? Had he been abused? If only he could talk... so many questions. Where did he come from? He didn't have any calloused areas around the corners of his mouth to indicate that he'd worn a bit and bridle. We heard that sometimes wild horses are rounded up out West and brought East on trains, transported in boxcars to sell at auctions.
We realized early on that we really had no power or control over our boy, and he certainly lived up to that. As the years went by, he never disappointed us to be sure. You will see as the story unravels how incorrigible he truly was, right up to his last breath. This little guy was much more than what he appeared to be. He was the embodiment of the essence of a small horse, with a free spirit that transcended the ordinary...
The first half of the book will be a narrative part, with sketches, a few newspaper articles, numerous color illustrations in a watercolor style, and countless anecdotal stories. And for the cat and dog lovers, we thought you might like to meet our other four-legged friends who lived with us during all those years the pony was here. Brief profiles of that cast of characters will also be included.
Throughout the time our boy was with us we had a newsletter that came out three times throughout the year. Often people told us how much they enjoyed the articles written by our furry four-legged residents. Hence with that in mind, the second half of the book will be reprints of the pony's column, Pony's Point of View with the accompanying black and white photographs.
When the pony came to us, never could we possibly know what the future would bring and how this little guy would change all our lives. Was it just by chance that he showed up on our property, seemingly appearing out of nowhere?
Or was something else at work, a power or energy greater than us. Call it what you will - the Creator, Universal Life Force, the Great Spirit, God...
It's almost as if this little horse - this mystical, magical being - was placed here, remaining in our lives for a time. And then was just taken from us, only to be returned to whence he came.
On a soft summer's evening, if you are standing by the pony's fence, you can almost feel his presence.
He's still with us.
m.e. colman
