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It’s been one year since Rachel’s accident. It was dark, chilly, rainy 

night and the roads were very slippery.   Everybody was okay except 

Rachel who had been hurt bad. Even though she relies on a 

wheelchair to get around now, she is still a brave and joyful little 

girl.

Rachel has always loved horses. They are her favourite animal.

Her love for them started when she rode a pony at a birthday party. 

Horses have always made her happy. She had pictures of them all 

over her room and various horse toys and dolls on the shelves.

Before her accident, she had started horseback riding lessons. 

Rachel loved the freedom of being on a horse as it galloped 

around the pen. She felt lighter than air when she was riding 

her horse. She really felt like she was flying

It had been a year since Rachel was on a horse and she didn’t 

really talk about them anymore. She was never afraid of 

horses though despite their impressive size and power. 

Rachel had a calming effect on them. They seemed to respond 

to her gentle ways.

When she first started riding lesson, Rachel would mainly 

stay in the fenced-in pen. But eventually she got more 

confident and would join her fellow riders on some relaxing 

nature trails. She enjoyed the fresh air and all of the new 

friends she had made.

Rachel was a very responsible girl. She would take good care 

of the horses making sure that they were brushed and fed 

every day. Before her accident, Rachel’s parents wanted to 

buy her a horse. They would keep him at the stables of course 

where Rachel could go and visit him anytime she wanted.

But Rachel seemed to have lost interest and so her parents 

never pursued it. Out of the blue one day, Rachel began 

talking about the horse that she used to ride. She called him 

Chico. He was a handsome boy that was tan and brown

With her 11th birthday coming up, Rachel’s parents started to 

think about having a party for her at the stables with all of 

her friends from school. It would be good for her to get back 

to where she spent so many happy times with the horses that 

she loved.

The morning of her birthday, Rachel’s parents told her they 

were going to take her out for breakfast. Little did she know 

that she was in for a big surprise Their van drove past her 

favourite restaurant and kept going to the outskirts of town. 

Confused, Rachel wondered where they were going

When they arrived at the stables her Mom opened the side 

door and Rachel was greeted by all of her friends. “Surprise!” 

they all screamed. 

Rachel’s eyes lit up and her mouth opened wide. There were 

horses everywhere! Rachel wanted to skip the pizza

and didn’t even want to open her presents. She headed to the 

fence where a brown horse grazed “Who’s this good-looking 

boy?” she asked.“His name is Pegasus” answered her Dad. 

Rachel couldn’t take her eyes off him

Pegasus had been a race horse before he ended up here at the 

stables. He wasn’t very successful as he never won any of his 

races.He was born with a problem in one of his legs that kept 

him running very fast.

Rachel noticed that Pegasus walked with a bit of limp and 

seemed to be a little unsteady on his feet. Rachel quickly ate 

her pizza, blew out the candles on her cake, and tore the 

wrapping off her presents. She couldn’t wait to get back to 

Pegasus.

One of the horse groomers gave her some sugar cubes that 

Pegasus ate right out of her hand. She put her head close to 

the horse’s face as she fed him another handful of treats as 

he began pushing closer towards here. “Sorry boy, I have no 

more snacks.”

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