House #5

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Catherine McLaughman set down her luggage and inserted her new key in her house's lock. It wasn't big, but her new property contained eight acres of land, almost an acre of trails, two pastures, a barn, and an indoor riding arena. Her rented U-Haul and borrowed truck and trailer were on the driveway along with her blue BMW bug. Fantasy, her paint-Arabian gelding, neighed restlessly inside. Catherine threw her stuff inside and rushed to unload her weary gelding. With this land, she'd need another horse, but that wasn't in the budget yet. She unhaltered her gelding and let him loose in the pasture. Fantasy bucked and kicked with joy. Catherine watched him for a moment, then walked into her new house to unload her stuff.

Her house and barn/pasture: photo.net/photo/pcd4553/vermont-farm-52.4.jpg
Fantasy: www.zimbolic.com/photos/color_of_fame/Color-full-body-new.jpg
Catherine: (I think it's Hilary Duff, but it was the only one I could find lol) gfx.download-by.net/screen/166/166426-hillary-duff-screen-saver.jpg

As Catherine unloaded boxes from the U-Haul to her living room, her cell phone rang. It was her best friend, Lyn-Z.
"Hello?"
"Hey, girl. You in the new house yet?"
"Just got in a few minutes ago."
"Awesome! Hey, can I ask you somethin'?"
"Sure."
"I'm selling SunKist."
"What? Why? I thought you loved SunKist!"
"I did - until I tried out the new board my dad bought me. It's easy and fun and so cheap. I'm skinned up, but I can do an Ollie, 360, and -"
"Whatever. Is that why you called?"
"No, do you want SunKist? She'd be a free gift. Please? I don't have much time."
"Oh... all right. Drop her off tommorrow. Thanks, girl. Want to see my skateboard?"
"Uh, no thanks. Catherine, out."
Lyn-Z, over."
Catherine snapped her cell phone shut and hurried out to set up one of the ten empty stalls for SunKist.

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by the way:
SunKist:
www.garhorse.com/ClassifiedPix/silentimpressive.jpg

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the next day......
Lyn-Z pulled up the trailer and unloaded her beautiful Thoroughbred. People debated wheather she was a dark buckskin or a sandy bay. Lyn-Z handed her the rope and SunKist's winter blanket and turnout sheet, then hopped into the truck and sped off.
Catherine led the mare into her new stall. Fantasy was still out in the pasture. She had decided to leave him turned out because there was a small shelter in the pasture in case it rained.
Her new mare was tired and fell asleep instantly. Catherine decided to go back to the house and finish unloading her stuff.

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The next day, a trailer pulled up. Catherine unloaded her new mare, Eastern Sierra. Sierra was a beautiful black American Saddlebred mare. She turned Sierra out in the pasture, that was empty now that she had caught Fantasy and put him in his stall.
3 horses. What was she going to do next? Get a stallion, proably.

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Catherine suspision came true. The next day she was fully unpacked. She drove off and returned with a racing Thoroughbred stallion named Orlando Dancin Man. She took Sierra out of the pasture and turned out Orlando.

The next day................

Catherine used the old tractor she found to create a dirt practice racetrack. She tacked up her frisky stallion and used the stopwatch on her watch to time him. She galloped him around the track. His black mane whipped her face and his legs churned like pistons. As soon as they passed the finish, Catherine jammed the STOP button on her watch against her racing saddle. She nearly fell off in shock. Gosh, they were fast! Catherine felt unbeatable. She let Orlando run around the track again, and their time was even better - less than a minute for five furlongs!