3 May 2012
The next week Stella did not have a sling or a bandage. She just had wheelchair to go to lunch in downstairs. She just had crotchets. Everyone wanted to have a go on her crotchets but she needed them. Equestrian training started that night. She had to go early at 3 o'clock to choose a horse to keep and bring home. She wanted a white one.
At 3 o'clock Stella went onto the minibus to the horse centre. Her mum was meeting her there. When she arrived she went into the yard and she was surrounded by stables full of young adult horses. She immediately fell in love with the white one with black feet and called it Fern. She walked it to a equestrian ring and put on her gear. She removed her crotches and mounted herself onto the stunning white horse, while she rode around the others were getting ready. The instructor called us all over and made us do some jumps I could do them straight away. It was clear to the instructor she was a natural and she had read a lot about it. She didn't want to stop after it had finished but she rode the horse into the trailer on the back of her car so she could bring Fern for the first time. She got into the car and looked at Fern through the little window in the back.
When they got home, Stella lead Fern through the gate field and closed the gate. She let Fern run around for a bit before she put her in the stable for the night. She took the saddle and hung it up in the little room next to the stable. Stella put some fresh hay down on the stable floor and Fern went into the stable, she closed the door so she could go to bed herself.
Stella- Chapter 6 • Opuss № I