So, today, I was driving down this back road with my little brother, and as we turned around a corner, I saw off to the side the most beautiful farm. The snow lay on the ground, shimmering as the occasional ray of sun lit upon it. And as I looked, bounding across the field came these four gorgeous horses. I'm sure you can imagine the sight, the horses kicking up snow as they happily raced towards the fence, the snow catching the sunlight as it flew through the air. I looked back for a quick glance and said to my brother, "Look at how pretty that is!" Too involved in his book, he didn't look up. Turning back to the front, I had the shock of my life. One of the horses running at the fence took a flying leap...and cleared the five foot fence, right into my car. Slamming on my breaks, I saw the horse glance off the side of my car and stumble back into the small grass berm near the fence. As I came to a screeching stop, I watch it pause, and then, almost unbelievably, race off to rejoin its friends in a new race. This time, however, it was very dangerously on the wrong side of the fence, where it could be hurt worse by a new car. Pulling off to the side of the road, I found myself quickly besieged by five other cars who had seen me smack the horse, and who actually knew how to wrangle the crazy thing back into the paddock.
I have no idea how the horse got over the fence, but as I looked, what I think was more miraculous was that the horse didn't seem to be hurt at all. My car did not come away so lucky. I had a gigantic dent in my back end. Oh, well, c'est la vie. At least the horse came away okay.
Phewww...
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