Personal Narrative Essay

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There we were, walking downtown. It was one of the few days I was dressed like I wasn’t straight off the farm, I had a dress and heels on. My mom and I were shopping while my sister was at piano lessons. And then we got the call that would turn our day upside down, inside out, and backwards.
“The horses are out and I have no idea where they could be, how many are out, or where they got out. I need help, get home now!” My dad was frantic when he called.
We all know the dangers of horses on the loose, especially when the barn is situated on a busy highway like ours is. The road is full of curves and hills that create horrible blind areas, where animals wouldn’t be seen until you hit them. Looking back, someone might ask why we acted …show more content…

Now all we had to do was get them back to the pasture. There was no way Lightning would be tolerant enough for us to take him the three miles down the highway back to the barn. We had to take him the more difficult way- down through the woods, into the creek, up the other creek bank and through a piece of fence that we cut.
This all went smoothly, until we got to the creek. Instead of going up the bank he ran down the creek. I’m the youngest which means I got to get in the creek and go after him. I took the heels off and jumped down the bank into knee deep cold water. I was able to get in front of him, and swung my arms to turn him around. The water bit into my legs worse than the wind could as it splashed up onto me. We finally managed to get him up the steep bank and through the fence my dad took down.
While this was happening, Mom was walking Domino down the road. Her old bones may be spunky, but we didn’t want her to get hurt on the muddy bank and we knew she should behave. She walked her through the deep curves in the grass until she got to the hill. Here, she had to watch for cars while walking a horse on a bridge where there is no room if anything bad would happen. She got down to the barn no problem, and I ran up to open the main gate. Domino ran through the opening to check her bucket to see if she had gotten any

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