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On a beautiful spring day a little filly was born. She was 

tiny, and white with little black speckles on her face and 

sides. Her mama looked down at her and said "You are 

as white as the doves that fly in the sky, so I will call 

you Dove and hope that someday you will fly high."

There were several other young foals that were born 

about the same time Dove was, because it was foaling 

season. Dove was the smallest of the foals but she had 

no problem keeping up with the rest! She ran and bucked 

and played games with all the other foals in the big field 

while their mothers watched close by eating their grass. 

One day, a tall leggy palomino foal called Sunnie,began to make 

fun of Dove and how small she was. 

"What's wrong with you?" taunted Sunnie "Why are you so 

small? Are you a runt?" The other foals laughed. 

This hurt Dove's feelings. She ran to tell her mother about the 

teasing. 

Her mother comforted her nickering softly in her ear " Don't worry 

Dove, you are suppose to be smaller, you are made to be a child's 

horse. Someday you will belong to a little boy or girl and it will be up 

to you to take care of that child. Being a child's horse is a special 

job. You are a very lucky horse." Dove liked the idea of belonging to  

a child this made her feel special and happy.

The next time when the foals made fun of Dove, she remembered 

what her mama had told her. "I'm glad I'm smaller." she said 

proudly "Someday I will be a child's horse and everyone knows that's 

the most important job of all." 

After that the foals didn't make fun of Dove's size again. 

Time passed from spring to summer to fall. The wind began to grow cold and Dove's 

hair began to grow thicker to keep her warm for the winter.

Dove noticed that with the colder weather her mother seemed to become sad. 

"What's the matter mama? Have I done something wrong?" asked Dove

With a heavy sigh, her mother said "No my love, it's just that soon it will be time for 

you to leave." 

Dove was shocked she immediately began to argue "Mama I would never leave you!"

In a soothing calm voice her mother explained " It's just the way things are for us, 

you are now old enough to survive on your own so our owner will sell you to a new 

home." 

This upset Dove, she didn't want to leave her mama. "I'm scared mama," Dove 

whispered.

 "I have raised you to be a brave little filly.   You must learn that in life there will be 

difficulties and troubles, it's the way that you handle these situations that will set you 

apart from the rest," said her mama.

Then her mother nuzzled against her neck and said in a quiet 

voice for only Dove to hear, "No matter where you are I will 

always love you. You are my Dove, you are special and someday 

you WILL fly high."

A few weeks later, just as her mother had predicted,the owner 

of the horses came to the pasture. He rounded up the foals and 

separated them from their mothers. All the foals cried and 

whinnied for their mamas, except for Dove. 

She was brave just as her mama had told her to be. She looked 

at her mama and they nickered to each other one last time. 

Then Dove got in the trailer and left the only home she had 

known, forever.

 As the trailer pulled away Dove's mother ran down the fence 

line and called to her daughter "Fly high my Dove fly high to the 

sky!"

All the other foals cried and whinnied for their mothers as the 

trailer pulled away. They panicked and began to fight amongst 

themselves. But not little Dove, she stayed away from the 

others and watched out the window as her mother slowly 

disappeared. 

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