Sunday 12 June 2016


THE STORY OF HYMESH AND HIS FELLOW FRIENDS


B...rrr. Hymesh gave out a long, loud sigh and looked ominously around him at the strange men with funny hats and flashing lights on silly white cars.
He could see Cairlinn talking to them.
 'What's the problem?' He muttered under his breath. 
 ' I'm only heading home to Carlingford. If I crossed over the fields, it would be too  strenuous! The most direct route to Carlingford from Mullatee is the road.'
Hymesh sighed again, turned his back on everyone and trotted towards Carlingford,the big lights, music and friends.

As he ambled on , regardless of the commotion he had caused, he remembered his dream. Sixpence had been annoying him all evening. Her pretty head and delicate legs had beaten him to 3rd place in the dressage league. 1st had been Grace Kelly on Wildfire. 2nd had been Jenny on the great Pompey. He had thick legs like me, but they were just a bit longer.Joint 3rd was Katie on the annoying Sixpence and Sinead Maguire on Minnie.
 Charlotte and I were 4th.

 Sixpence had nudged me again. I remembered snorting back to her. 'At least
I was 2nd in the two phase league  with Charlotte and didn't throw my rider off!'
She danced around me on those pretty legs and said.
 'You were 2nd. Moya Louet Feisser was 1st on Beauty.
'

 I gave up, lay down and went to sleep. I dreamt that I was a beautiful black stallion,a race horse, with a flowing mane and tail, that had no sweet itch. People applauded me and shouted with praise as I galloped effortlessly along the race track. In reality, I had sleep walked onto the Greenore road and created all this fuss with the Gardai!

 Cairlinn followed me back and put me in a stable between Henry and Indie. Martin had set a lovely bed of straw. The only option was to lie down and go to sleep.
 No chance of that!!!
' Well, old boy?' Whinnied Indie.
'Are you not supposed to be in a field of grass?'
 'I was racing.' I whinnied back
  'Racing!!' Both Indie and Henry laughed.
 'You're too old to race!' Henry said.
 ' Indie and I do all the competitions on this yard. I'm doing elementary dressage and have qualified for the Northern Ireland Championships and Indie has qualified for the National Championships.'

 'Oh.' I replied dozing off, then awoke suddenly. Cairlinn was talking to her phone, or maybe herself! And Yes she was bringing me a bucket of food.
 'Look what is coming in my direction.' I laughed at the boys and spun around with joy. Cairlinn came in my stable, fed, patted and hugged me.
 'You're a great man Hymesh.' She said. The children from the riding school love you. The grammar school finished their 2nd training session last week. A couple of the students were from Hong Kong and Pakistan. When they left they gave me a present to give you.'
 She placed a special sweet itch rug around my body and head.
 'This will protect you Hymesh from the flies and sun. The children said that they love you.You gave them confidence and a belief that anything is possible, even racing.'
 She winked at me and left the stable smiling