ABSTRACT
Slowly, she opened her eyes and stared up into the face of a horse. The big, dull eye of the horse peered down at her, with soft eyelashes. The horse was licking her with its tongue. It was almost pleasant, she thought, almost reassuring. Lying on her back in the mud, with a horse –
It wasn’t a horse. The head was too narrow, she suddenly saw, the snout too
tapered, the proportions all wrong. She turned to look and saw that it was a small head, leading to a surprisingly thick neck, and a heavy body –
She jumped up, scrambling to her knees. “Oh my God!” Her sudden movement startled the big animal, which snorted in
alarm, and moved slowly away. It walked a few steps down the muddy shore and then turned back, looking at her reproachfully.
