By Ellie B., age 15
Two prompts: #5 Two Lost Sisters & #3 Two Stallions
The kick to Andi’s
stomach reminded her that the Lord had not only blessed her with a wonderful
husband and son, but with a new baby on the way. Thank you, Lord,
for the healthy baby growing inside of me.
“Here's the little man
himself,” Riley said walking into the house and plopping Jared down in his high
chair.
“Horseyyyyyy!!” Jared
yelled, clapping his hands in glee.
“I will take that as a
yes then.” Andi laughed.
“And how are you, my
Princess?” Riley asked while cupping his hands around Andi’s cheeks and giving
her a soft kiss.
“That's a miracle
straight from God,” Riley said, looking into Andi’s eyes with a warm smile on
his face.
After they sat down and
had dinner, Riley pushed his chair back and patted his stomach. “Andi, you
can't keep feeding me like this or I will get fatter than ol’ Bessy the milk
cow!” Andi started laughing which started Jared’s little giggle. After the laughter
died down, Riley announced that he was heading back out to the range.
~~~~~~~
Riley stared at the herd
of horses that were grazing so peacefully and sighed with contentment. Thank
you, Lord, for giving me the resources to build up this herd of horses to breed
and sell, and for all the cattle you have blessed me with. Riley
watched the black stallion's ears perk up, sensing Riley nearby, and then went
back to grazing. Riley sighed, he knew he should go fix the fence along the
north pasture, but he didn't want to leave this beautiful sight.
Meanwhile -.
“Ooooooo, Look how
pretty da horseys are!” 4-year-old Rose Snider said, pointing to the herd
of grazing horses.
their beautiful golden
Gypsy Cob horse, with Rosy on it, away from the herd of horses. Grace thought
back to two years before when her father had given her that horse.
“Is it mine, Daddy? Is it really mine?” 6-year-old Grace asked her father while staring at the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. It was a huge gypsy cob horse.
“Oh, thank you, Daddy!”
Grace yelled, throwing her arms around her father's neck.
“Ok, Daddy.”
“Grace can handle it,”
he replied.
“I think I'm going to
name him Pep,” Grace said, looking lovingly toward her horse.
Grace could feel the
tears running down her cheek. Those were the good times, when they had a family
and… Grace didn't let her thoughts go any further.
"Gracie, why is dat
big horsey charging toward us?" Rosy asked.
Riley urged Dakota on,
galloping as fast as he could. Lord, please help them!
"Get off the
horse!" Grace yelled, but it was too late. Pep reared up knocking Rosy on
the ground, clashing hooves with the oncoming stallion. Pep yanked the
reins out of Grace's hands as he reared.
"Rosy!" Grace
screamed.
Rand Johnson pulled back
on the lasso as soon as it sailed over the black stallion's head. His cowpony,
Dizzy, immediately started going backward; pulling the black stallion
away from the gypsy cob. Rand left the stallion lassoed to Dizzy and jumped
down from the saddle and ran over to the little girl who had gotten caught
between the two horses. As soon as he got to her, he knelt down. Seeing blood,
he pulled back her long black hair to see a gash in the back of her head. Thank
you, Lord, that it's not life-threatening.
Riley saw that his ranch
hand was taking care of the little girl who got caught between the two horses,
so he headed for the little girl who was hiding behind the huge golden horse.
"Hey, there,"
Riley said in a soft voice, "you think you can come out from behind there
so I can see if you're hurt?"
"Is that your
sister over there?" Riley asked, pointing to the little girl Rand was
bending over.
Grace woke up to a sharp
pain in her head. She tried to sit up but she felt strong hands push her down.
She opened her eyes to see a strange man looking at her. She held back a
scream. She looked around for Rosy and she saw another man holding out his hand
to Rosy.
“Rosy!” Grace yelled,
trying to ignore the sharp pain in her head. She scrambled up, slipping out of
the grasp of the man who reached for her. She stumbled over to Rosy trying not
to pass out. Once she got to Rosy, she fell beside her and put her arms around
her.
Rosy nodded her
head.
“Good, then let me help
you get on Pep and then we can go.”
Grace stood up slowly
and took Rosy’s hand. She started to lift Rosy when the ground felt like it was
falling beneath her and the world started to spin, then it all went black.
Again.
He looked back and saw
Rand coaxing the other little girl out from behind their horse.
“I’m… I'm Rosy. And dats
my sister Gracie.” Rosy said, pointing to the girl in Riley’s arms.
“Ok, Rosy, why don't you
come with us, so we can get your sister some help?”’ Rand held out his hand and
helped the little girl out from behind the horse. "And who might this be?”
Rand asked, staring at the beautiful horse in front of him.
“This is Pep, my
sister's horse,” Rosy said, while hugging Pep.
“Ok, I'll be right
behind you with Rosy and Pep.” Riley replied.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andi was wiping Jared's
face off when she heard the shout of, “Mrs. Prescott!” Andi rushed outside to
see Rand dismounting.
Andi nodded her head as
she took care of Grace.
~~~~~~~~
Grace turned her head
toward Rosy; the stallion was racing towards her.
“Rossssyyyyy!”
She looked up to
see a strange woman wiping her face with a cold cloth. “Who are you? Where's
Rosy?” Grace asked, in a panicked voice.
She tried to get up but
the woman pushed her down gently. “I’m Mrs. Prescott. My husband and our ranch
hand brought you here. You got tangled in between stallions and got kicked in
the head. Your sister is fine. Would you like me to bring her in?”
“Yes,” Grace said,
looking at Mrs. Prescott with distrust in her eyes.
A minute later Rosy ran
into the room. “Gracieeee!” Rosy shouted, throwing her arms around Grace.
“I’m Mr. Prescott. The
stallion that tangled with your stallion was mine. This is my ranch and I'd
like to know what you, your sister, and that mighty good looking stallion are
doing this far away from town.”
Grace nodded her head
and looked into Rileys eye, “I took Grace and our only belonging, the horse my
father gave me, and left in the night. I will not let Rosy and myself be forced
to go back there. Nobody can make us.”
“I would never take you
girls back to a home like that. Thank God for letting you girls end up here.”
“She said her parents'
names were Jacob and Ariana Snider.” Riley finished the story that Grace told
him. He looked over towards Rand and his wife Mary and saw Rand’s face go
white.
Rand stood up and walked
over to where Grace was and bent down on his knees. “Grace, I am so sorry about
your parents. I've missed your father so much over the years. If I had known my
brother had died and left children, I would have gone and gotten you and your
sister at once.”
Thank you, Lord, for
bringing my brother's children to me. This is truly a miracle. Please, help me
and my wife raise these girls up the way you want us to, Lord. Amen.
~~~~~~
“Riley, can you believe
the miracle we saw today?” Andi asked, from the rocking chair she was silently
rocking in.
“Yes, I can; because God
has given me so many miracles in my life that I'll believe any miracle he
throws our way.”
He has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
2
Timothy 1:19
Amazing job, Ellie!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this story! Keep writing! 👍☺
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
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