A Gallant Ride

Today’s 199 random word: muddy

Katy Lin
Fiction Shorts
1 min readJul 17, 2024

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Stephanie was exhilarated as the rodeo cowboy hoisted her up onto the black horse.

This was Stephanie’s first daring endeavor as an eight-year-old. She envisioned herself as Prince Charming gallantly riding the horse to rescue the lovely princess in the fairytales.

After a few words of instructions on how to properly handle the reins and avoid any mishaps, Stephanie strode off with her horse.

Halfway around the riding rink, a heavy stench hit her. To no avail, it was the horse plopping its lunch. Ironically, Stephanie didn’t feel glamorous anymore as they circled the path of muddy manure.

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Katy Lin
Fiction Shorts

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