Flashes of Insight

BUT I DON’T KNOW NUTHIN’ ‘BOUT BIRTHIN’ NO BABY!! By Flash Silvermoon

One of the most profound experiences that I have had with an animal occurred several years ago while making a pit stop for some horse feed. This was to be a 5 minute errand on a trip that would bring my friend Julie to a woman who would introduce her to the owner of a tiger rescue downstate where she was seeking employment.
Julie spared no effort in picking the perfect attire for this interview. She was wearing a lovely pale pink shirt with matching slacks and she agonized over not curling her hair as we were running out of time. I assured her that anyone who could work with tigers didn’t need curled hair.

Our detour would take us to the BloomNSpot Appaloosa farm that belonged to my friend Betsy Bloom to pick up the feed that she had gotten for me. Betsy was off on another errand and so her young son Danny helped us get the3 bags of feed. All was going smoothly as could be until I noticed that a horse in the back pasture was lying strangely with her back leg up in the air. I brought this to Danny’s attention and fear flushed across his young face. “Oh no Flash,she’s having her baby, you have got to do something,you’re all she’s got!” he pleaded.

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