Feeling festive? Here are the ‘12 Days of Horse-mas’
ERH4B5 warmblood portrait at christmas
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The “12 Days of Christmas” is a classic, the story of a lover giving an increasingly bizarre set of Christmas gifts to his girlfriend, presumably intended to woo her, but almost certainly just irritating her.
It never says what she does with the 10 lords a-leaping and 11 pipers piping and so on — no doubt stashed them in a cupboard somewhere so she could fob them off on a work colleague in next year’s Secret Santa. Anyway, let’s just imagine what your true love — your horse, of course — would give to you if he were in this Christmas Casanova’s shoes….
On the first day of Christmas, my horse gave to meA cow kick and a sore knee.
On the second day of Christmas, my horse gave to meTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the third day of Christmas, my horse gave to meThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my horse gave to meSeven bucks a-broncingSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meEight snorts a-nappingSeven bucks a-broncingSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meNine spreads a-leapingEight snorts a-nappingSeven bucks a-broncingSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meTen miles of hackingNine spreads a-leapingEight snorts a-nappingSeven bucks a-broncingSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my horse gave to meEleven stunning shoulder-insTen miles of hackingNine spreads a-leapingEight snorts a-nappingSeven bucks a-broncingSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my horse gave to meTwelve perfect piaffesEleven stunning shoulder-insTen miles of hackingNine spreads a-leapingEight snorts a-nappingSeven bucks a-broncingSix hours a-loadingFive purple bruisesA four figure vet billThree silly spooksTwo torn rugsAnd a cow kick and a sore knee.
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