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Date Posted: 09:50:20 11/25/04 Thu
In reply to:
Raven
's message, "Re: The Witch On The Colt's Neck" on 09:47:41 11/25/04 Thu
>>>This story was told by an old doctor who used to live
>>>a hermit's life in a small New England village. It
>>>happened when he was a young boy, but he told it and
>>>retold it exactly the same way until his death. To
>him
>>>it was frighteningly true.
>>>
>>>When the doctor was a young man of fifteen, his
>father
>>>had a bay colt which he permitted the youngster to
>>>ride. One evening the boy left his home and started
>>>riding to another town a few miles away. On the way
>he
>>>had to pass a cottage where a woman by the name of
>>>Dolly lived. She was rumored to have unusual powers,
>>>skill in the black arts and the ability to turn
>>>herself into almost anything she wished. She was, it
>>>was whispered, a genuine witch of the inner
>>>circle--certainly a person to be avoided by young
>boys
>>>out at night alone.
>>>
>>>As the lad approached Dolly's cottage, he kept to the
>>>middle of the road and nervously urged the colt to a
>>>faster trot. But his precautions were in vain.
>>>
>>>As the colt and rider came abreast of the cottage, a
>>>"coal" black cat suddenly leaped out of the darkness
>>>and landed on the colt's neck. The frightened horse
>>>stopped short, almost throwing the boy over his head.
>>>The boy tried desperately to get rid of the cat and
>>>urged his mount on, beating him with his whip, but
>the
>>>cat held on and the colt refused to move with the
>>>black cat hissing upon his neck.
>>>
>>>The boy was afraid to leave his horse and run, and in
>>>panic he dismounted and began to beat the cat with
>the
>>>whip, holding the colt by the bridle rein as he
>reared
>>>and plunged, trying to shake off the cat.
>>>
>>>At last the boy managed to dislodge the cat and he
>>>hurriedly rode home. the poor colt was bruised and
>>>clawed by the cat, and apparently exhausted by his
>>>ordeal. So injured and frightened was the colt, that
>>>the boy was afraid the animal would die before
>>>morning. He turned him loose in the barn instead of
>>>putting him in the stall, and went to bed trembling
>>>and fearful that the colt wouldn't last the night.
>>>
>>>At the first crack of dawn, the boy arose and hurried
>>>to the barn to inspect the battered and clawed
>animal.
>>>To his amazement, the young horse was in perfect
>>>condition. He showed no signs of exhaustion, and
>>>nowhere on his body could the boy find a trace of
>>>bruises from the whip, a claw mark, or a single
>>>reminder of the frantic events of the previous
>night.
>>>
>>>However, the story had and even stranger ending. A
>>>neighbor soon stopped by to report that Dolly had
>just
>>>been found almost dead, her body bruised and beaten
>as
>>>though by a whip. And under two of her fingernails
>>>were some short bay hairs, such as you'd find,
>>>perhaps, on the neck of a young colt ridden by a
>>>frightened boy alone in the night.
>>
>>Very interesting story. I have heard stories like that
>>before and that is one of the best. I do want to point
>>out the obvious fact that no one no matter what may
>>shape change without plastic surgery. So, no witches
>>cannot turn into wolves, black cats, horses, ravens,
>>coyotes, bears, foxes, eagles, or any other type of
>>animal or being.
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