The crack of thunder rattled the barn windows. Crazy Legs & Black Beast stared into each other's enormous blue eyes. The black of their noses lightly grazed one another.
"Neigh!"
"Neigh!"
"Neigh!"
On the count of three neighs, both of the great beauties dashed out the red and white barn door, and into the High Plains ,Georgia, night. They left the screaming pigs, meowing barn cats, and howling pooches behind them.
Only two obstacles stood in their way. The first challenge would be finding their way through the chest high grass. The other hurdle would be the treacherously slippery grass in this torrential rainstorm.
This daring move to outsmart their viciously cruel owner, Jim Handy, had never been attempted before, by any of the animals in mean Old Jim Handy’s barn.
Run For The Hills
A mile of rolling hills, and rain-soaked grass had passed, as natural as the moon passes over the sun, every night. Crazy Legs unknowingly continued to plow ahead without his soulmate. His legs thundered through the tall grass without ever losing momentum. He was going faster than the time he won the High Plains Georgia Grand Stakes Race.
In the meantime, Black Beast was standing on the hill, and letting the rain trounce her beautiful silky fur coat.
Fear took over Crazy Legs. He couldn't see his lover, in the rain. He hoped she would catch up soon. He didn't know the dangerous truth.
"Run, Black Beauty! Run!"
Crazy Legs realized he had to wait for his darling. He found cover under a maple tree at the bottom of a hill. He beighed three times with all of his power.
"Black Beauty, Baby. Black Beauty!"
"Where are you?"
Crazy Legs began to cry.
"I have been looking forward to this day since the first day of Seventh Horse Grade. "
Still bo sign of his one and only true love.
Crazy Legs cried even louder, and harder.
The Power Of Love
Finally, Crazy Legs circled back. He knew his Soul Mate's problem.
For fifteen horse years, before every rain storm, Black Beast had heard their viscous owner, mean old Jim Handy tell his wife Cindy Handy, ,
"It's gonna rain cats and dogs. And, you know I only fear one thing in this world. This fear is that all the cats and dogs in this world that I have tortured will fall from the sky in one prolific rain storm. Then, they will attack me for all the times I tied their tails together. We must get inside. "
This constant declaration by mean old Jim Handy had instilled an obscure fear in the beautiful horse. She feared for many years now that on the night of her wedding to Crazy Legs that she was going to be killed by a dog or a cat falling from a rainy sky, since she knew they planned to be married on a rainy night.
Crazy Legs finally found her, standing still as an ice cube would stand in the Siberian Forrest.
"Black Beauty! It's not really going to rain Cats and Dogs!"
"How do you know it won't rain Cats and Dogs, Crazy Legs?"
"Love always overpowers fear. And, my love for you will certainly overpower your fear of death on our special nigbt."
Crazy Legs had been telling Black Beauty now for five horse years that this night would come They would escape the wrath of mean old Jim Handy on a rainy night, and take one another's hoof in horse marriage, by no later than June 27th, at 11:59 p.m.
Was it good fortune, or destiny? Black Beauty snapped out of her funk. She began to run up and down the rolling hills again. This time, she trotted stride for stride with Crazy Legs.
Eventually, she led the way. She was guiding them to their favorite maple tree. It was the same place that they hoof swore back in Seventh Horse Grade that they would marry by this night. .
As the run continued, silence like two old pals watching TV together on a Friday night ensued They scurried ten more slippery miles to their favorite tree. When they arrived at the tree, Crazy Legs' best man, Stallion Eyes was waiting with a horse tux for Crazy Legs, just like he promised him five years ago. Black Beauty's best horse woman , Purple Beauty, was waiting for her with a horse dress.
After they each got dressed, they realized that they were missing the most important horse. . His name was, Reverend Ed. Ed was.the horse in charge of marrying horses in High Plains, Georgia.
Black Beauty nearly collapsed with sadness when she didn’t see him. If Reverend Ed did not show up within the next five minutes, they were never going to be able to get married by June 27th, 1969, and she did not want to start a life together with someone whose first promise was not fulfilled.
Crazy Legs rubbed his ear against the side of Black Beauty's face.
"It will be OK. There is nothing to fear, while my love is here. "
"Are you sure Crazy Legs? "
"Why of course! Love conquers all!"
They heard a voice. The voice was coming from a talking tree. This chatter from a tree stunned Crazy Legs and Black Beauty. They had heard their human masters talk. They had also heard dogs in the barn talk, cats talk, and outside pigs talk, but never a tree talking. They had only ever heard a tree singing before.
"Hey Horses, come here. Don't worry. "
The group walked slowly towards the tree.
"Reverend Ed couldn't make it tonight due to the rainy weather. But, he told me that you guys were coming. And, I am a tree Reverend that can also marry animals. So, let's get on with it since I know you have a 12 o'clock deadline to meet. "
Love Conquers All
Just as the rain stopped, Mr. Reverend Tree pronounced Crazy Legs and Black Beast Horse Bride and Horse Groom. The pronouncement came at exactly 11:59 on their last day of Twelth Horse Grade
As he watched their beautiful Horse Kiss, Mr. Reverend Tree declared to all the trees in the Forrest that love does conquer all.
Black Beauty pulled her lips away for a moment.
"Crazy Legs. You were right. Your love for me conquers all. "
3 TTT's (Things to think about)
Inspiration- I got the idea for the story after I read a classic novel originally published in Victorian Times called , Black Beauty. The author Anna Sewell wrote the book to introduce the idea of treating horses with kindness and empathy. Even though, she died shortly after publication, the book has served as an important tool in the promotion of animal right for more than a century
Fear of Raining Cats & Dogs - A British poet in 1738 named Jonathan Swift wrote a satire where one of the main characters, an upper-classmen has an irrational fear of r
Love- Love conquers all is one of the most cliche expressions available in the English language. Do you truly believe love conquers all? If you do believe so, can love possibly conquer one of the most existential threats we face right now regarding a power hungry Vladimir Putin? What is Putin afraid of?
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