All Creatures

last moments

dreaming of dollie

in Georgia called me in Arizona to tell me that my childhood horse, Dollie, had had to be put down. She was old, and the vet suspected a brain tumor. Dollie grew up with me; she carried me down wooded trails and listened to my teenage problems. Not getting the chance to go home and say goodbye to her

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