Isn't that nice? Shady on a hot day, windows to let a little breeze through...Yesterday started out as an ordinary day. It was hot, and the horse was mellow. A preschool boy was taking a lesson on a little pony as Scotty and I began to trot around.
Did I notice anything unusual?? Perhaps fewer of the ever-present sparrows who are having a fine life living on spilled grain and hayseeds?? Nope, if there were no birds in the arena it didn't strike me as anything worth noticing.
Did I look up in the rafters?? Why would I do that? Of course I didn't.
You can tell what's coming, can't you?
It was a hawk. A BIG hawk. A terribly dangerous horse-eating hawk that swooped down and smacked itself against the window. Right in front of us.
The horse and I left the ground as if we'd been picked up by an eagle.
I could actually see the white all around his terrified eye as we thrashed backwards and sideways away from peril.
He calmed down a lot quicker than I did. It took some doing to unwrap myself from around his neck.
We're both keeping an eye on those rafters from now on.
2 comments:
YIKES!! That sounds terrifying!
It did cut our riding time short - once I was off, I stayed off!
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