Beeble’s Story: The True Stories of Praze and Beeble - Twin Arabs Geldings - Growing Up, Their Adventures and Escapades

By Jill Cawsey

This is the true story of Praze and Beeble, twin Arabs, born in Tasmania. Their growing up together, their relationship, their early years, their trainings, their adventures, their lives as twin horses. It shows how similar twin animals can be to twin children, in their thinking, behaviour and attitude.

The mental and emotional togetherness of these two horses is amazing to watch. Based on actual happenings events and activities, but told from Beeble’s perspective as the younger twin. Animal lovers will find it funny, endearing, sad, interesting and fascinating, and see many similarities to their own animals.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jul 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796004625

Jill Cawsey

Jill grew up in England working with the New Forest ponies, which led to becoming a forever horse lover. Moving to Australia as a young teacher, horses continued to be a major part of her life. Now retired and living in Tasmania, with many years of horse work to draw from; a horse starter and trainer, an animal reiki practitioner, a natural horsemanship follower, an equine touch student, and keenly delving into many alternate animal therapies. Observing how close her twin Arabs have been over the years, she wanted to share their story with all who know animals as sentient creatures, with feelings emotions and intelligence.

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Copyright © 2019 by Jill Cawsey.

Library of Congress Control Number:        2019909888

ISBN:                        Hardcover                         978-1-7960-0464-9

                                  Softcover                           978-1-7960-0463-2

                                  eBook                                  978-1-7960-0462-5

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Rev. date: 08/22/2019

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Chapter 1 Two Can, One Can’t—Childhood Days

Chapter 2 First Show

Chapter 3 Settling into Our New Home

Chapter 4 Losing a Good Friend

Chapter 5 Together but Not Together

Chapter 6 Moving Abroad for Further Adventures

Chapter 7 Going to School and Loving My Swimming Lessons

Chapter 8 The Importance of Good Friends and What They Have Taught Me

Chapter 9 Adventures with My Brother

Chapter 10 The Twins from Snowy River

Chapter 11 Pairs Driving Is the Way to Go

Chapter 12 Keeping in Touch—Extracts of Letters to and from Tasmania

Chapter 13 One Very Bad Day

Chapter 14 It’s Time to Grow Up (Better Late Than Never!)

Chapter 15 Coming Home

Footnote

About the Author

To my forever person, Clive,

who gamely copes with and shares my life of animals. Thank you, Clive.

To all animal lovers who recognize and acknowledge animals as sentient creatures with emotions and intelligence. To all who are working hard to have laws across the world in place to support the physical and mental welfare of all animals, which have a very hard time sharing this planet with humans.

FOREWORD

B EEBLE’S STORY IS a tale of family, love, friendship, and adventure told from the heart by Beeble, who is, in fact, a horse. He is one of a set of twins and happily shares his past, present, and future with his beloved brother, Praze. His story highlights that strength, courage, and compassion are a part of life of every living creature on planet Earth, from horses to humans and everything in between.

Beeble and Praze are beautiful twenty-four-year-old bay Arab geldings who live with their forever humans, Jill and Clive Cawsey, and the rest of the Cawsey barnyard. Those who know the twins have come to understand the unique bond between them and find delight in the emotional energy that connects the brothers, as you will come to see in the pages of Beeble’s Story.

This book chronicles the journey of Beeble’s life with the Cawsey family and takes you on a path over much of the unique Australian landscape. The story is written through Beeble’s eyes and will make you laugh and cry at times but most of all will impart wonderful lessons about life and living it to the full.

Beeble has been a close friend of mine for many years, and we have shared splendid adventures together on the beaches, mountain trails, forests, and fields of the beautiful Australian countryside. Jill Cawsey is one of my forever humans too, and she has taught me so much about living with and loving horses, meeting challenges head-on, and living with health and happiness.

An inspiring read.

Janet Buscombe

TIMELINE OF MY LIFE MAP SO FAR

Now finished! Phew—at last!

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These are my bestest dearest friends

CHAPTER 1

Two Can, One Can’t—Childhood Days

H ELLO, MY NAME is Beeble—B-e-e-b-l-e. Strange name, but I’ll come to that later. I’m one of two. I’m not two of me. I’m number 2 of two of us. That is, I am a twin. I was born in October 1995 (can’t remember the day; I was too busy being born), twenty-three years ago, alongside or, to be correct, just after my twin brother.

Brother Praze came into this big wide world with gusto, determined to start his adventures from the word go. He couldn’t work out why everyone wasn’t making a big fuss just of him. They were waiting for something else to happen. Then I arrived, somewhat quieter, not nearly as brave-looking but nonetheless wanting my share of this wonderful new world.

Praze is definitely stronger than me and braver, maybe a little brighter or at least a little more eager. I may have been a bit on the timid