by jesdar16 » Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:05 pm
Owner: jesdar16
Show Name: Armed & Dangerous
Barn Name: Kivulo
Gender: Male
Age: 10 years
Halter color: Black
Pearl/jewel color (halter): Eye color
Blind in both eyes? If no, what colour is his other eye?: He is only blind in one eye, it is a genetic issue that was passed down on his father's side. His other eye color is a vivid emerald green.
Story:
"Come now my love. You're almost there." The dark brown foal's eyes flicked up to the soothing words of his dam. The larger silver dapple bay mare touched her velvety muzzle to his small, fuzzy foal ears encouragingly. The foal's legs were folded beneath him, still slightly wet. One by one he moved each one, putting his forelegs in front of him and pushing with his hind legs. He slowly got to his hooves, wobbling slightly.
"Lovely, my dear." His mother said to him, nickering. His legs wobbled again and he fell back onto the straw.
"Just one more try, little one." His mother's encouragement brightened the young foal's mood and he flicked his ears in determination. He would do it, this time.
He pushed forward on his legs, begging they stay still this time. Wobbling a little, he found his balance and tottered his way over to his dam's larger body and began to nurse. The sweet scent of milk filled his nose and the delicious taste rolled into his mouth. Milk dribbled on his whiskers.
"Look at you, my strong, brave son." She said, touching her nose to her foal's rump as she watched him nurse. Her head jerked up as she heard a familiar sound of footsteps. The humans were coming.
The foal's milk-studded whiskers trembled as he turned his head to look at the strange creatures. Now fully on his hooves, he scanned his surroundings. He and his mother were enclosed in a large wooden area, with a bag of hay hanging in the corner with a pile of hay beneath it. The walls went about halfway up his mother's body, and he saw the ears of other horses flicking beyond them. A bucket of water was hung on the wall and next to it an empty bucket, smelling of something delicious. The humans stood beyond the wooden walls, their long, spindly arms hanging over the sides and clasping together as they looked at each other and discussed the pair. One of the smaller ones pointed at him and spoke urgently to his comrade. The foal didn't understand them, and eventually went back to nursing.
"He's gonna be silver dapple black, just like we wanted, ain't he?" The first man said, gazing at the foal as he nursed.
"You betcha. We're gonna fetch some fine foals with this colt." The other said, opening the gate and entering the stall to pat the mare's nose.
"We better leave em' be. The mare's got her colt under control, there ain't no reason to interfere. We'll have the vet check em' in a few hours." The first man called out his friend and the two left, their footsteps fading behind him. The smaller human remained, her gaze remaining fixed on the foal in a dreamy manner.
"Ain't he beautiful?" She murmured to herself. "I want to name him... Kivulo."
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jesdar16 on Sat Oct 22, 2016 8:10 am, edited 1 time in total.