Personal Narrative: Big Horse, Small Patients

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Big Horse, Small Patients

"If you fall and shed a tear. I'll sell the horse." My dad has said this to me ever since I was seven years old, that is when he first taught me to ride a horse. There has been many times that I have wanted to cry but choose not too. Just last year, my little sister, Chloe, wanted me to teach her how to ride a horse. We did not know what the outcome would be but I told her that I would teach her. She asked me to teach her when we were feeding the horses last May. It was a bright, warm, sunny day. We were walking back from the pasture when she said, "Jessica. I would like it if you would teach me how to ride a horse." So I told her that we would ask dad if it would be alright if I taught her, so after

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