a Mom’s Choice Award Winner by Jackie Anton
“Christmas at the boarding stable was
different from the same holiday at home. It was my third Christmas
there, but Santa still found me every year. He brought me a new
winter blanket, and he filled the new fuzzy red stocking that hung on
my stall door. I was a little worried that he might have put my name
on the naughty list, and it would remain empty. Last year one of the
stable hands just rolled my door over while he emptied and cleaned my
water bucket. In a flash, I used my muzzle to roll open the door and
snatch my stocking! It was mostly empty by then, and I pretty much
shredded it trying to get at the last of my goodies.
My Christmas
stocking was always filled with carrots, dried apple slices, and
peppermints. My treats lasted for a couple of weeks, only because
Katie miserly doled out only one or two per day. Mom was stalled
next to me.
“I noticed that Emma is not as stingy
with your ration of treats,” I complained.
Don’t you know, Mom caught me tearing
up my stocking!
“Sox! How is Santa going to fill that
next year when you trashed it?”
I tried to hide the evidence under the
bedding in the back of my stall, but Katie found it.
Great! Then I had to listen to another
lecture. You are going to have to be very good the remainder of
the year, Sox. It is the only way to get off of the bad boy list so
Santa doesn’t pass you by next Christmas.”
Jackie
Anton is the author of "Backyard Horse Tales: Sox 2nd Edition"
which has been awarded the prestigious Mom's Choice Award Silver Seal
of Excellence. Backyard Horse Tales 2 "Frosty and the Night
Stalker" is now an e-book on Amazon and Smashwords. Print
release is March 2013. Visit Jackie at: http://www.talesbyjackie.com
1 comment:
Wendy,
Thank you for posting the excerpt and information on Sox's tale.
Happy Holidays, and all the best in the New Year.
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