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"A Horse's Prayer"
To thee, My Partner, I offer my prayer. Feed me, water and care for me, and, when the day's work is done, provide me with shelter, a clean, dry bed and stall wide enough for me to lie down in comfort.
Care for me through long winter days and nights, that I may keep well and repay all your kindness when spring returns once more.
Treat me kindly. Do not punish me when I do not understand what you want, but give me a chance to understand you. Pet me sometimes and be there with me, that I may serve you more gladly and learn to love you. Watch me, and if I fail to do your bidding, see if something is not wrong with my back, shoulders, or feet. I try to carry you and your burdens without a murmur and wait patiently for you long hours of the day or night. Remember that it is your request that I not go my own way, but listen to your directions, My Partner, and that I serve you well and faithfully to the best of my ability.
Please, My Partner, have mercy on me. Protect me from the hot sun, the fall rain and winter's ice and snow.
Remember that horses have long been the servants of man throughout the ages. We have pulled the prairie schooners from sea to shining sea. Plowed the new fields that man might grow the food to keep body and soul together. We helped build the mighty railroads; stayed with the cowboy through his long night watch under the lonely stars. We died heroically with man on the battlefield of nations. Remember that I must be ready at any moment to lose my life in your service.
I shall do my part, for I have learned to love thee well. So, My Partner, when I am old, and can no longer perform my tasks and my useful strength is gone, please do not turn me out to starve, or sell me to some cruel master. Let me die at the beloved hands of My Partner and God will bless thee.