How the hell had she forgotten him here? She said she would be right back, well, he was waiting…
Below trotted back and forth, pacing the area awaiting his Dam to return. He was hungry, and he was dirty. Being dirty bothered him the most, his coat was far too nice to be soiled. He tried rubbing against a tree, hoping to loosen the dirt that clung to his coat. ”Ain’t nothin worse..than...dirt..” He complained as he made passes along the rough bark, ever so careful, wouldn’t want to scratch up his pretty self. After that did not work he tried licking himself, starting with his legs. But that tasted awful, he decided and he went about thinking of another way to get clean.
Time passed, with it the daylight hours, and soon Below was alone. Alone in the dark, dirty, and hungry. He was not happy about that, not happy at all. ” Good for nothin’ hussy. Gone an left me, I ain’t need you anyways!” He shouted into the distance, knowing she was likely to never hear him. Just in case though, just in case. After he had a think over his little outburst the colt decided to find somewhere to snuggle up for the night. She may have left him high and dry on an empty stomach, but he would get his beauty sleep. Make no doubts about that.
It was a lonely dip in the earth that he chose, shielded on one side by a thick bramble of a bush. Really, the pickings were slim and this was just about as good as anywhere else. Lowering himself gently to the ground, he gave out one last holler. It was more out of comfort than anything else, just so that he could say he really had tried to find his mom. ”Moooom??” A shout in the distance, accompanied by the flicker of drifting lightning bugs, ones that clung too closely to summer’s fading warmth.
BELOW