Date Posted:09:31:13 07/10/01 Tue Author: After the Rain Subject: Strides in...once more
"Mother. I have come this time to seek council. TWO mares approached me yesterday, both..." He snorted, acting like a young colt. "One just left easily, after I explained my reasoning to her, but the other just keeps....going and going at it....I tell her, 'I cannot love you because I do not know you, and your disability makes no difference, because I know plenty who are happy and cannot speak...' and she goes, 'Liar! Why can you not love me if you don't choose mares if they're perfect?' So I say, 'Because I know nothing about you!'" He snorts angrily. "What should I do? I'm at wits' end, constantly having to explain myself to this mare. And my dignity will not allow me to make a scene in my home."
