My father grew up on a farm and on occasion shared his childhood experiences with us. One story we loved was about the colt with floppy ears.
In most cases, an animal will not allow deformed offspring to live. It's natures way of keeping the race strong. Such was the case when this colt was born. The mare wouldn't let the colt nurse. Because its ears wouldn't stand up, she thought it was sick. Floppy ears are such a minor thing in our mind, yet the horse's instincts told her otherwise.
Daddy, along with his brothers and sisters, found a way to help the colt. They took cardboard and stuck it in the colt's ears so they'd stand up. The mare looked her offspring over, and allowed him to nurse. Fascinating, isn't it? In a few days, the colt's ears stood up on their own, which they would have done without the cardboard.
Do you have a favorite animal story? If so, please share it with us.
Thanks,
Linda
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What a cute story. I had a lop eared rabbit, and when I got it as a baby, only one ear was down - the other up (it dropped later). My grandpa thought the down ear was broken...
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful. I had a friend who adopted a dog with three legs and that sucker could out run a gazelle!
ReplyDeleteToo bad people aren't all like your family. What a great world it would be.
Aaah, rabbits are so cute. And a lop eared one sounds even more precious. Thanks for stopping by, Kat.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that amazing, Mary? He probably didn't think anything about being different. We could all learn a lesson from animals.
ReplyDeleteGood thing my dad didn't send me back. I was so uglyyyyyy. Didn't know that about animals. Thanks Linda.
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Hey, BM. My daddy said the same thing and made all the nurses in the hospital mad. Thanks for stopping by.
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That was a lovely story. It is funny, I always find that the imperfections whether in human or critter mark them as unique. In the differences there is sometimes just such utter perfection in a strange, fascinating way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet story. How wonderful that your pop and siblings found a way to help the colt!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda, for a nice, uplifting story to start my day.
Smiles,
Chiron O'Keefe
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Glad you enjoyed it, Chiron. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteMy kids owned two cats and a dog--all at the same time. One cat was Siamese, very intelligent, and was a hunter of the first order. Man, could he stalk and catch his prey! The other cat was a neutered Russian Blue, which are big anyway, but he grew to mammoth proportions. He was also, how shall I say?...mentally challenged. When he stalked a bird, he'd spot it, and lumber toward the bird--galump, galump, galump. The bird would keep pecking away, knowing he had plenty of time to fly off. Poor cat never caught a bird in his entire life. Celia
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet story, Linda.
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I'm so glad that your Dad and his brother's helped the colt! I told my cat with kitten story on your Skizzle post! Growing up on the farm we had lots of animals and we wanted to do that for our kids too. So when our son was 1-8 and our daughter birth to 7 we lived on "Almost a Ranch". A 2.5 acre parcel where DH built a barn and we had a goat, pigs, chickens, a peacock who danced for the chickens, 2 horses and an African goose named Floppers. Floppers got his name cause when he was little he flopped over alot! We loved Floppers but had to be careful of cause he would attack anyone (like the pizza delivery guy) coming on the property. And if he thought the kids were chasing him he would attack them and we had to watch out for him. Those wings could really beat against adult legs or knock over a small child!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a nice story. Once my daughter's cat Fluffy smelled smoke and woke her up. Then my daughter woke us up. We opened our front door and looked down the hall of the apartment building. It was on fire. We got out in time. :) -Laura Hogg
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ReplyDeleteFunny story about Floppers. I've heard geese can be real protective of their property and people too. But, I agree, they can hurt you. Some ducks are that way too.
Thank you for stopping by and sharing.
Linda
My goodness, Laura. You guys were lucky. Animals have been life savers in many cases. It's amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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