A Little Moment

There is a new horse on the field 

A skewbald pony infact.

He’s on one side of the field. 

The three resident ponies are on the other.

Mary and I watched them meet over the fence this afternoon.

Sue warned me the introduction may get noisy.

We sat in my bedroom window with a blanket 

It was cold and Mary looked like a little Virgin Mary with the blanket around her head.

She sat on my knee, watchful and happy. 

She now has a slight cloud in one eye, showing her age,

I hadn’t noticed it before.

All the ponies had been given hay to keep them busy but the three bays kept nodding their heads to the newbie who pretended to ignore them 

He moved closer at every munch though. 

And We could almost taste the tensions. 

The skewbald finally was near enough to extend his head over the fence and the three little bays reached over too to sniff the air between them. 

Mary shifted, excited at their meeting

And I held my breath.

A loud whinny, and two ponies jerked their heads and spun around, 

But soon after there was more sniffing and more head nodding.

It was fascinating to watch.

And Mary put her paw onto the window

As we sat a while longer to watch.