Bad Horse Day
WHILE OUR HUMANS WERE AWAY ON HOLIDAY AT HALF TERM we thought we would have a little break of our own! A "break out" really.. .. The sun was shining the day was young and with our paddock bare of grass and a good hefty push on the gate our adventure began. It was all too exciting to go just for a trot, so at a full canter we made our way the mile to the village.
The birds sang our hearts raced this really was very exciting. Hooves clattering on the tarmac we pondered only for a second at the school deciding whether to go left or right. This was much to the consternation of Mrs Cooper, who we now know immediately rang our humans to tell them of our escape, but we knew they were on a mountain in France - what could they do about it? We were unstoppable.
Instinct told us to go left, and oh what a good decision. Only a short way and the lovely luscious grass of the village play park awaited us - what bliss, what a treat for our tummies. It was sadly all a bit short lived though. The human troops rallied and while Peggy-Sue and I were gracious enough to admit defeat and submit relatively quietly, Grommit was bent on giving them all a run for their money, to be quite honest he was showing off a bit. We did put on quite a good show though, it was worth the telling off.
However, we have been brought up well enough (well two of us have!) to know that we should apologise for our wayward behaviour and say a big thank you to all our humans' friends and villagers who so patiently and kindly rounded us up, kept us safe and got us home again. They know who they are and we are very grateful. Grommit was formulating a sequel on the long walk home "Escape from Adventurers Farm Part Two" but we find that there is now a padlock on the field gate - ho hum!!
Eds Note: It seems that Andy Pumfrey, who was decorating at the Farm at the time, sensed something was amiss (due to a furtive thundering of hooves heading off up Station Road) and phoned home. First to the rescue were Jo and Helena Pumfrey, who strategically positioned a car to block the entrance to Town Close, soon followed by Phil Kingsmill, Justine Lankser and family, and Julie and Zoe Nunn. Crier HQ was right opposite the scene of the drama and predictably managed to miss everything.