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Once upon a time there was a young 

horse named Colt.

Colt loved to play outside, run, and be 

free! However, Colt was smaller than the 

rest of his friends and could not run as 

fast.

This bothered Colt and made him angry. 

He did not understand why he was 

smaller than the other horses. 

It just wasn't fair!

When Colt and the other young horses 

met in the fields to play games, Colt 

would always be picked last for teams 

and games.

This made Colt upset. He knew in his 

heart that if he grew to be the same 

size as the other young horses he 

would be faster than all of them.

Why wasn't he growing big like all the 

others?

Why was he different? He thought.

Colt had, had enough. He was so upset 

about his size that he decided to leave 

the farm.

He just wanted to run away. 

If he was going to be made fun of, be 

picked last for games, and lose every 

horse race he felt it was just easier to 

leave.

So one day he got up and left.

Colt just kept on walking and walking 

until he came across a brown bird.

"Hello," the bird said, "why do you look so 

sad?"

Colt responded by saying "I'm too small, 

all the other young horses are bigger and 

faster than me."

"Oh I see," said the bird, "I have a little 

story to tell you that I think will help you 

better understand your problem."

"You see, you shouldn't worry. When I 

was a chick I could not fly as well as 

the other birds, but I kept practicing 

and was patient" said the bird. 

"Eventually I grew big and strong and 

was one of the best flying birds in the 

field! It just took a little more time for 

me is all."

This made Colt think....

After the bird flew off Colt had some time 

to think about what the bird had said.

"Maybe I'll grow bigger too if I just be 

patient, eat healthy and keep active" he 

thought.

This made Colt excited, and he knew that 

he made a big mistake leaving the farm.

He decided that he had to return to where 

he belonged at once!

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