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Why Horses Have Long Tails by Sophie L.

Once upon time, a long long time before people existed, back when rabbits had long tails, horses had almost no tail. So today I am here to explain how the horse got its tail. Back then the horses tail went no longer then its tailbone, and it was very wispy and thin. During the summer, they had to endure endless flies and lacked the defense of a long tail. Since there weren't any humans, there wasn't any fly spray either. So you might be wondering by now when my story will start, so here it goes...

One day, long long ago, two horses were roaming around a field. Their names were Daisy and Aspen. It was Autumn and the bur bushes were everywhere. They were arguing whether they should go to what they called the warm spot, what we now call Florida. Daisy wanted to go, but Aspen did not like the idea of leaving their home. That night, there was a meeting. Everybody was there to listen to the leaders of the pack. The leaders' names were Grace and Toby. At the beginning of the meting, they stood on the hill. They said, “We as the leaders have decided that all of you must go to the warm spot.”

Aspen and Daisy looked at each other, then Aspen spoke up,. He said, “We do not have to go if we don't want to. Just because you two lead the meeting doesn't mean you decide everything for us.”

Yes, I agree.” said Daisy.

“WHAT!” thundered Toby, and then he and Grace started to move towards Aspen and Daisy.

“NO please don't hurt us, please,” cried Daisy.

All of the sudden, they stopped and started laughing.

“What are you laughing at?” said Daisy and Aspen as one.

“Yyyyyyyour...your tails!” Grace laughed.

“WHAT!” Daisy and Aspen exclaimed before they turning around and almost fainting at what they saw. Their tails were stuck in the bur bush! They pulled and pulled and pulled for a very very long time. Finally they heard a loud RIP, and their tails (full of burs) yanked out of the bush.

“Oh my!” Daisy exclaimed as she and Aspen looked at there tails which now were no longer short but were long, thick, and swept the ground. All of the pack looked at Daisy's and Aspen's now very long tails. Then out of nowhere, a fly landed on Aspen. He tried to get rid of the fly by swishing his tail. Before this would not have made a difference, but now his long tail went swish as it hit the fly and knocked it off of his rump. Aspen's mouth fell open in amazement. Daisy tried to do the same thing, and so her tail went swish over the flies on her rump. She almost passed out from amazement. All the pack was amazed, and so they wanted to try as well. The rest of the pack galloped over to the seemingly magic bur bush and tangled their tails into the bush waited a moment and yanked them out. To their delight, their tails were so long that they swept the ground too. Nobody took the care to look at the two horses trotting away, headed to the warm spot. And those two horses were Toby and Grace. They walked away tailless, feeling the bight of hungry flies feasting on their rumps. arm spot. And those two horses were Toby and Grace. They walked away tailless, feeling the bight of hungry flies feasting on their rumps.

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