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Pony Prank

Pony Prank

  My brother and his family just moved into a spectacular new country home. A horse fence surrounds the field where the former owners kept their herd, but the horses have been replaced by dogs, a cat, and the occasional meandering deer. Jokingly I said to my brother, “If you were a GOOD uncle, you’d get your niece a pony. Just a little one?” Since the horse barn has now been converted into my brother’s workspace (his business is booming) sadly there’s no room for horses. Not even a little one. Imagine my surprise today to see two little ponies running through the field outside the kitchen window. Ponies!!!!!! The kids and I ran out to greet them with a friendly, “Hello neighhhhh-bour!” The ponies from a neighbour’s farm broke loose and appeared in the yard, grazing between the trampoline and the swimming pool. They got spooked and ended up on the lawn near the front door. I was tempted to lure them inside the house with a carrot. But instead I took photos and oohed and awwed at their cuteness and then shooed them back toward the field. The owner eventually came to fetch them. Then I texted this[…]

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