STORIES from 'OTHER NATIONS FARM'
by BARB BARILLEC of Surrey, BC.

The story of Fern, my beautiful and precious friend and teacher. She was an expensive horse, once cosseted and fussed over. She won prizes and appeared in magazines. She had custom made tack and had only the best of the best.
Until a mistake was made.

The story of Woody, a working horse who will never again have to earn his keep.
My little girl Dodi, tells me that horses are the best to tell your secrets to because their mouths are always full of grass, and they can't tell.

There was a horse in the field across the street. He had no shelter but a broken down feeding trough, and his hoofs were HUGE, and cracking up the front. He stood for years at the fence in the mud and rain and sleet and snow, just staring. I love this big , clumsy clown of a Zotti
chickens, and of course, the dogs....