Spreading a LITTLE MAGIC

Her family were gathered and had been warned she had only a short time to live, but Sheila, who was in her 90s, took comfort in her final minutes from an unusual visitor – an American miniature horse called Wish.

Standing just 27.5in tall, the little horse walked calmly into Sheila’s room, gently lay her soft, jet-black muzzle on the foot of her bed and slowly made her way up until her own head rested alongside Sheila’s.

‘Wish slowed her breathing down to be in sync with Sheila’s, and a family member helped Sheila stroke Wish as their breathing gradually slowed down even