Explicitly Elegant

by Becky

This is my girl Ellie, it's my favorite picture of us, my mom took it a few days before we had to put her down. I loved her, even though she was a brat and a bully. For a week or two, I had been putting her tail in a braid and then sending her off to spend time in the pasture with other horses. I eventually got pulled aside one day by one of the other owners asked me not to braid her tail anymore because she was using it as a weapon on the other horses and they had sections of hair missing where she had whacked them!
Even though she was a little evil, she had her softer, loving side too (as you can see from the picture). We were obsessed with each other, when I got to the barn, I'd yell out "Hi Ellie" and she would call back to me. I would sometimes let her out in the arena, then sit in the middle and do my homework. On more than one occasion, she stole the book I was reading or the problem set I was working on. She even saw me get hurt one time and wouldn't eat until she saw me again. I'll always love my little girl, even if she was a brat.