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The Horses We Love,

The Lessons We Learn

Tena Bastian

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bastian, Tena.

The horses we love, the lessons we learn / Tena Bastian.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-470-11425-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-470-11425-8

1. Horses—Anecdotes. 2. Horsemen and horsewomen—Anecdotes. 3. Horsemanship—Anecdotes.

4. Human-animal relationships—Anecdotes. I. Title.

SF301.B37 2007

636.1—dc22

2006036943

Printed in the United States of America

10987654321

Book design by LeAndra Hosier

Book production by Wiley Publishing, Inc. Composition Services

Tell me a story, Daddy

About when you were young

Sing to me a song

That your Mama might have sung

When she rocked you in your cradle

Did she sing you lullabies

Before the bough breaks, Daddy

I need to see you through her eyes

Describe to me a million stars

On a long hot summer night

Hold me like you used to

And make everything all right

Tell me about the porch swing

Your old dog, the people you would meet

Tell me again how you would walk to school

With no shoes upon your feet

Did you go to church on Sunday

Did you sit in the very first pew

Please, tell me a story, Daddy

About the horses that you knew

When you bowed your head and prayed to God

Did he hear your prayers somehow

Tell me the words that you used to say

Because I need to repeat them now

Just tell me one more story

Before you close your eyes

And I will hold you in my heart forever

No tears, no sad goodbyes

Every story you leave behind

Through every memory

I will come to know just who I am

By the boy you used to be

I will share every story

From the first word to the last

I will find my faith through your belief

My future through your past

And when your life is over

It will be your legacy

Tell me a story, Daddy

And you will live on through me.

In Loving Memory of my father, Ellis Ward Coker “Pawdaddy”

Table of Contents

Introduction

- Chapter One -

Dewey: Experience Is the Best Teacher

- Chapter Two -

Red: Living Your Dream

- Chapter Three -

Hollywood: Missed Opportunities 27

- Chapter Four -

Clarissa: Relationships and Limitations

- Chapter Five -

Bart: Trusting Your Instincts

- Chapter Six -

Baby: Trial and Error

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