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A has been offered a job - a job any horse person dreams of: to work on a ranch situated on the wild range, where Wild Mustangs run free.
However, when A arrives on the thousands of acres of land, they can see no mustangs - only to be told they are in the mountains, which can be seen in the distant. Just miles and miles of sagebrush, grass and sky. Before setting one foot - or tire - on the land, A must sign an agreement that what happens on the ranch will indeed.. Stay on the ranch.
A believes their story of the mustangs, and how they don't want hunters illegally coming in to shoot the mustangs if it were heard how beautiful their hides were..., and agrees to keep everything that happens there, well, there. They are brought to the quiet ranch, and are shown around the stables. There are a lot of horses at the large stable, and plenty of ranch hands, which are pretty friendly. It seems like a dream come true.
But - yes, all dreams end with a But, - when A accompanies a few of the other cowboys up into the hills to find their herd of horses - since the ranch runs their horses on the range with the mustangs, and the BLM and the ranch cooperate to bring the hroses in once every three years - A sees an entirely different side of the story.
The scenes are grand, and everything is peaceful, until the horses spook at a wild cat, and all escape, including A's pride and joy - their personally trained horse. Now they are left on foot.
As they roam around, hunting their spooked horses, night falls on A, while they are still searching. While trying to find their way back to camp, A sees something no one has ever seen before: a young cream stallion by the lake. There had been rumors of a wild cream stallion no one had ever managed to catch and tame. But, this stallion isn't alone. A big black stallion stood on the hill above, behind him was the mares. A's lost horse is grazing nearby the silver stallion.
The cream pricks his ears, as a figure quietly walks out of the forest. The cream starts walking to meet this stranger. As B rubs the horses' forehead, the stallion above neighs out a warning, for he has smelled A on the wind. B takes the reins of A's horse, and then the cream stallion flits away, disappearing into the mist, leaving no trace of having been there. The herd's hooves thunder as they run for freedom, and then all is silent, with B looking around for what spooked them.
A has no idea who B is, just that B is indeed holding their horse and had just touched a wild stallion that had been just a myth before. A approaches B, and B gives A their horse. When A asks B who they are, they simply reply "I am no one" before slipping off into the fog. Who is this mysterious stranger? Will A keep these things to themselves, or ask about this strange event?
@cattamer
A has been offered a job - a job any horse person dreams of: to work on a ranch situated on the wild range, where Wild Mustangs run free.
However, when A arrives on the thousands of acres of land, they can see no mustangs - only to be told they are in the mountains, which can be seen in the distant. Just miles and miles of sagebrush, grass and sky. Before setting one foot - or tire - on the land, A must sign an agreement that what happens on the ranch will indeed.. Stay on the ranch.
A believes their story of the mustangs, and how they don't want hunters illegally coming in to shoot the mustangs if it were heard how beautiful their hides were..., and agrees to keep everything that happens there, well, there. They are brought to the quiet ranch, and are shown around the stables. There are a lot of horses at the large stable, and plenty of ranch hands, which are pretty friendly. It seems like a dream come true.
But - yes, all dreams end with a But, - when A accompanies a few of the other cowboys up into the hills to find their herd of horses - since the ranch runs their horses on the range with the mustangs, and the BLM and the ranch cooperate to bring the hroses in once every three years - A sees an entirely different side of the story.
The scenes are grand, and everything is peaceful, until the horses spook at a wild cat, and all escape, including A's pride and joy - their personally trained horse. Now they are left on foot.
As they roam around, hunting their spooked horses, night falls on A, while they are still searching. While trying to find their way back to camp, A sees something no one has ever seen before: a young cream stallion by the lake. There had been rumors of a wild cream stallion no one had ever managed to catch and tame. But, this stallion isn't alone. A big black stallion stood on the hill above, behind him was the mares. A's lost horse is grazing nearby the silver stallion.
The cream pricks his ears, as a figure quietly walks out of the forest. The cream starts walking to meet this stranger. As B rubs the horses' forehead, the stallion above neighs out a warning, for he has smelled A on the wind. B takes the reins of A's horse, and then the cream stallion flits away, disappearing into the mist, leaving no trace of having been there. The herd's hooves thunder as they run for freedom, and then all is silent, with B looking around for what spooked them.
A has no idea who B is, just that B is indeed holding their horse and had just touched a wild stallion that had been just a myth before. A approaches B, and B gives A their horse. When A asks B who they are, they simply reply "I am no one" before slipping off into the fog. Who is this mysterious stranger? Will A keep these things to themselves, or ask about this strange event?
