This Poem was Submitted By: Betty Lou Hebert On Date: 2000-05-07 15:21:08 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Riding Lesson

  Our horse named Gyp, could really run.   One day I thought it would be fun   To catch her, though I had been told   "Now don't ride Gyp, she's far too bold."   I shook a pail of oats and she   Came trotting cross the field to me.   I grabbed her halter, held her fast   And clambered to her back at last.   She turned her head and I could tell   She wasn't taking it too well.   We ambled down the lane as though   There wasn't any place to go.   Gyp suddenly began to trot   And then to gallop, while I fought   To stay aboard and gain control.   She headed for a swampy hole   And when she reached the edge I knew   Just what she had in mind to do.   She bucked me off;  I flew with grace   And landed flat upon my face.   The murky water covered me.   Floundering upward, I could see   That horse was gone and I must walk.   I hoped I wouldn't have to talk   To anyone, but not to be   For when I got home, company   Had driven in and waited there.   They watched my progress with an air   Of stunned disbelief, not sure just who   Was underneath the mud and goo.   For years I couldn't stand that horse!   (Although it was my fault of course!)

Copyright © May 2000 Betty Lou Hebert


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