We come out one morning to find Ivory, one of the equines of Ishtar’s Ark without her halter.
IVORY: Esther, I feel naked without my halter. Can you help me?
ESTHER [to herself]: Now I wonder who could be the guilty one…?
ESTHER: OK, Ivory! Let’s try pink on you! Let’s spice up this horse yard and make you the prettiest equine of Zinder!
ESTHER: Ah, look at that! You look stunning!
IVORY [hesitant]: Are you sure pink is my colour?
ESTHER: Oh yes, positive! It does perfectly with your pink nose!
KALAHARI [jealous]: I think she looks ridiculous in that!
KALAHARI: Here, Ivy, let me help you get that off!
[Isolde comes to check]
ISOLDE: Well, the colour may be ridiculous and very princess-like, which is MY role and not yours, but that said, the quality seems to be very nice. Comfortable.
EBONY [to the audience]: Now what IS this ridiculousness? Ivory gets her friends to destroy her halter and she gets a brand new one?? I should have gotten a new one first! After all, Ivory’s halter had only been worn by one horse before but mine has actually been worn by TWO horses. And Anette said the pink halter was supposed to MINE! This is so not fair.
THE END…
(OR NOT…)
A few days later, Ebony ripped Ivory’s new halter in pieces. Ivory answered by destroying Ebony’s. Both halters have now been repaired, with Ivory’s looking brand new again. Ebony will get a new one after the rainy season, when Anette is back from Sweden.
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19 users commented in " The Story of the Pink Halter "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI could never leave a halter on Jaz. Poco would tear it up and probably strangle Jaz in the process.
Love the pretty pink!
I could never keep a collar on Tonka’s mom. She’d pull them off and eat them. No, I mean actually ingest them. Leather, nylon, didn’t matter. I finally had to modify a chain collar to keep on her so her tags would stay on. She couldn’t eat it, but she’d pull it off sometimes all the same.
I love these “voice over stories”! Somebody did a YouTube video of the tree-climbing goats of Morocco with a voice over like this. You should try that sometime!
I don’t have horses, so this is all very strange and interesting to me! I didn’t know that horses ripped of halters! And that pink one looks so good!
What a stand out halter! Why do you leave the halters on all the time? Don’t you worry about them getting caught up on things?
What incredibly smart horses. Love the pink halter.
I never knew horses ripped their and other’s halters. The pink one is SOOO cool! No wonder Ebony is put out. I’m sure Annette will bring E a really colourful one. BTW Kalahari is so grown-up. Like a young woman! LOL. Bless you all, Esther. Hugs Jo
This is so funny! Why do they chew up halters? The pink one is stunning on Ivory–I understand Kalahari’s jealousy!
The colour is perfect for her!
Just imagine if they could really tell you how they feel!
many mysteries in this post! why do horses rip off their own halters (easy enough, probably….cuz they don’t like the feeling?). but why do they rip off other horses’ halters? Does the bright color have anything to do with it? Do horses get jealous of each other’s nice things? This seems pretty advanced–like something a human child would do.
Cute post with all the imagined dialogue.
I think the pink halter looks very attractive on Ivory.
I love it! Sååååå snygg i rosa grimma!
Jag älskar den färgen…
I think that pink one is beautiful! Also, I think it would look better on you, Ebony.
Visiting from Pet Pride–have a great day horsing around!
Ivory is pretty, love her new girly look halter. Love your captions too.
The pink halter looks great on her!
BunBun the mule decided she wanted to go fashion chic in a fly mask like the ones your guys wear-the strings of suede (in our case) across the face held on by a combination of ear and forelock straps. She loved it but the one we bought had rough brads holding the horizontal and vertical pieces together and cut into the top of her head. Poor little mule. I’m going to see if some vet wrap will help and then I’ll take a few pictures and post them for the Ishtar crowd.
Someone around here would be taking it off too. We can’t even get them to leave fly masks alone. Silly horses…………
Ivory…you look very elegant in your pink halter.
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