Kobi- Memoirs of a Mustang by Heather Hamel

Author:Heather Hamel [Hamel, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: YA, E
Published: 2014-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8 — BIG JAKE

I will never forget the following winter. That’s when Big Jake entered my life. Most humans had no idea what kind of beast he was: horse, mule, or maybe even a buffalo. Rex didn’t help matters much either. He kept telling everyone Jake was a Muffalo: part mustang, part buffalo. The funny thing was that most people didn’t even question it. They actually believed him.

In their defense, Jake was a strange looking creature. To start with, he was massive. The top of my back only came up to his shoulder, and I would have to stretch my neck to its limit to rest my head on his back. Not that I had any intentions of doing it!

To complete his colossal appearance, Jake was the thickest animal I ever saw. A single one of Jake’s legs was as wide as two of mine put together. You couldn’t see a single rib on him, and when you saw him from the back, his rump looked like the largest, most perfect giant apple. Adding to his bulk was his hair. He was the hairiest creature I had ever laid eyes on. Jake’s hair was so thick it curled all over his body. He even had a full beard under his chin, not to mention a moustache that curled from his lips. Jake smelled like a horse, acted like a horse, but he absolutely, positively did not look like a horse!

“What are you?” I asked him when we were out to pasture together, about a week after he joined the herd.

“Horse,” Jake mumbled through mouthfuls of hay, not even bothering to lift his head up. “What do you think I am?”

“I know you’re a horse,” I said, getting frustrated with this apparent dimwit, “but you sure don’t look like any horse that I’ve ever seen.”

“Oh, have you seen everything, then?” Jake’s mouth was still full of hay. He still hadn’t looked up at me.

“Well, no, but I’ve seen you, and you sure do look odd.”

“It’s the donkeys; they ate my tail.” He grabbed another bite of hay before he turned his ample hindquarters toward me to show me his half-eaten tail. “They ate everything. And I do mean everything.”

“It’s not just your tail. Why do you have all that long hair?” I had never seen another horse with a coat that thick and shaggy. “Is something wrong with you?”

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