The Purple Bucket

I woke up and tipped my head off the pillow to look out the window.  There through the trees I could see a pony walking across the hillside.  Such a blessing to have that view from my bed!  And it was such a contrast to the day before that I jumped up and headed out to greet my friends.

The previous day I had looked in all the usual places that the ponies like to be in the morning, and I didn’t find them.  Finally I discovered them far to the west, across a ravine.  So I was thrilled when they started heading to me as soon as they saw me, navigating the ravine themselves rather than me having to!

I gave the mares their vitamin buckets, then I greeted each of the foals and then the mares individually.  When everyone had had their fill of my attention, I went to pick up the buckets.  I found three, and then realized one was missing.  I surveyed the bench we were all standing on above the ravine and confirmed that it was nowhere to be found.  Then I chuckled and looked where I didn’t want to, and sure enough, there was the missing purple bucket at the bottom of the ravine.  I would have to navigate the steep climb after all!  Fortunately the view up towards the ponies was pretty awesome, especially when young Henry began descending to see what I was doing!

© Jenifer Morrissey, 2018

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