purpledawn writes:
I never did get my horse. I did have a pet pig though.
My mother grew up on a ranch in Alberta, and they always had horses. Her father was one of the first in the area to get a tractor sometime in the early 1930's, but they rode to school in a horse-pulled cart, so horses were no big deal to her.
One year she had a pet pig, but only for a year. It was the only animal allowed in the house, a privilege not even permitted the barn cats. Of course, that didn't help the pig avoid its ultimate responsibility - this was a working ranch, after all, and still is.
--Percy