The Dancer's Secret -- A Short Horse Story

It was sunset. The wind rode on the sharp edgesThe girl's body began to move again, but this time
of the mountains dragging the last bit of colorit was much slower and seemed more meaningful.
away from the darkening hills. In a small cradle ofSoon the others were bobbing their heads and
two hills lay a beautiful girl. Her hair was long andmoving to something unheard. It was the music
soft, and when it touched the wind no otherof their souls. The girl sped up her dance, leaving
beauty could compare to it. She had a long faceall of the others to dance their own rhythm. Soon
and brilliant searching brown eyes. Her feet werethe girl was dancing so hard to the music inside of
perfectly conformed, but were not likeher that she suddenly stopped and began to run.
everybody else's who surrounded her. This girl'sBlood thumped in her temples and her gorgeous
belly was not thin and it was not bulging, but washair flowed back away from her face. Her long
somewhere in between, and was the perfectsleek body seemed to move with the wind, and
shape. She stood up. Her long hair covering herher feet with the earth. The girl ran and ran, and
body like a coat. The wind pushed against herwhen she got to the top of her favorite hill she
forehead, cooling the nearly invisible sweat.stopped. Her breathing came harshly, making her
Others gathered around her, watching her intently.nostrils flare for air. She smiled and took a minute
She began to move in a slow, but upbeat rhythm.to grasp the beauty around her. The smell of wild
It grew very quiet. The others continued to lookflowers hung in her nostrils, and the earth cuddled
at her, and started to wonder why she hadher feet. In the near distance she spotted a small
begun to dance when the music hadn't started.forest and hundreds of night creatures lurking
The girl's curves moved back and forth and herabout. Quickly she turned around to look at the
hands danced their own dance around herothers. Their music was still playing within their
stomach. Back and forth she moved until thebodies. The girl was satisfied. Once again she had
earth seemed to move and the mountains rumble.taught to listen not only to your mind but also to
The grass quivered back and forth at the eeriethe music, the real music that plays inside of you.
silence. She stopped. The ring of quiet shadowedThe girl began to laugh. This was no ordinary laugh
everyone's ears. The beautiful girl opened herthough -- it was a laugh that was a slightly
mouth. A long sweet tone emerged from her lips.haunting and scary. Her eyes sparkled and she
The gazing onlookers listened intently to thelaughed on. Once again she had gotten away with
wonderful sound. The girl dropped down to a veryher secret. Once again she had done something all
low pitch and then swerved back up like a birdof the others said she couldn't do. The girl reared
that was getting too close to the ground. Sheup in triumph, showing off her glimmering hoofs
sang and sang as if she were pouring her insideand long mane. A long whinny rose from her
beauty out to the others. Her voice stopped, andthroat and she galloped home.
once again silence covered everything.The dancer's secret was revealed...