The following conversation took place on the trail; Hrimfara and Raudhetta were conversing.

Hrimfara: Here we are again, approaching Tin Can.
Raudi: Yep, good old Tin Can.
H: The Tin Can is lower on the branch than it used to be.
R: Yep.
H: Could be marshy down there.
R: Could be.
H: How’s your saddle fit?
R: Alys put it on, so it’s a little far forward.
H: Is it pinching your withers?
R: A little bit. But we aren’t going far.
H: You could let her know by pitching a fit.
R: I haven’t pitched a fit in years.
H: And being the good Icelandic mare that you are, you would not do such a thing.
R: Oh yeah?
H: Well then, go for it.

R: Not tonight. You are going first through the boggy stuff.
H: Yes, I am going right straight through it.
R: Why don’t you do like me and go around it?
H: This takes too much energy.
R: Could you go a little faster?
H: Why?
R: Because I’m on your ass. I can’t canter. And Alys is complaining because I’m pacey.
H: Okay. Why don’t you go first?
R: I need to take a shit.
H: You shit a lot on the trail.
R: I don’t enjoy shitting in the pen.
H: You enjoy shitting on the trail?
R: Yeah.
H: But then Alys yells to Pete to whoa and I have to stop.
R: This is all very unimportant.
H: What is important?
R: Grass.
H: Absolutely.
R: Let’s pull over and do some grubbing.
H: Good luck with that. They’re both carrying crops.
R: Not fair, not fair.
H: It would be better if the leaves were on the branches.
R: And if Tyra was here. She’s adept at pulling the leaves off the branches.
H: I should take a leaf out of her book.
R: Har har.
H: Har har.
R: So, how’s the ride thus far?
H: Pete’s really relaxed this evening. And how is it for you?
R: Alys is not relaxed. She has a lot on her mind.
H: Ever since I’ve known her, which has been from the time I was born, she’s had a lot on her mind.
R: She’s just this way. But she’s better than the way she used to be.
H: Look out, here we come to Lakeshore Drive. The footing here is questionable.
R: You fret a lot about the terrain.
H: Yes, I do. I don’t have the balance you do. This, I am told, is because I am cow hocked.
R: Cow hocked?
H: Yes, Tyra says that my rear legs are close together, like a cow’s.
R: What does this have to do with your balance?
H: I fear falling.
R: You know, Pete’s a very good rider and he would not ask you to go through unsafe terrain.
H: I say he’s overconfident.
R: Better than underconfident, like Alys
H: A toss-up.
R: Best to find a happy medium.
H: Yes, always best to find a happy medium.
R: As Tyra would say, a Happy medium can predict the future.
H: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
R: And awwwwwwwwwwwww.

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