vet barn

Maureen set down the water buckets and looked up at the black mare, who swiveled her ears and sniffed curiously. Smiling, maureen said "Hey, Daddy, I think she likes me."
Aaron, busy reading from his clipboard, mumbled back "That's nice Mo."
Maureen rolled her eyes and began petting the mare's velvety muzzle. "What's her name and Who does she belong to?"
Aaron  looked over his clipboard at his daughter and replied "Mylakat. She's ours now."
Dropping her jaw, Maureen stared at her dad. "Whaaaa?"
Matteo dropped the hay bale he had carried over and, looking from between his dad and twin sister, asked "But why is she here in your vet barn then?"
After carefully hanging his clipboard back on the wall, Aaron explained "Well, she had-"
Cutting her dad off, Maureen stated "We don't want a bunch of latin and over-huge vet words."
Aaron laughed. "Okay, kiddo, that's fair. Mylakat was sick, but the owners couldn't pay for treatment and it's really a long-term thing. She'll be fine, it's just that she's going to need careful attention and some extra care all the time. I don't think her owners were really interested in a high-maintenece horse."
Maureen kissed Mylakat's nose. "See there? We'll take good care of you, Mylakat. Kat. Kitty. I'm going to call her kitty for short."
Walking up with another clipboard, Harmony laughed. "It looks like she will be well taken care of. Aaron, I have the blood work here for seven-eight."
Picking his bale of hay back up, Matteo asked "What's seven-eight?"
Harmony gently put a hand on Matt's shoulder. "The bay stallion right here. He doesn't have a name, so we're calling him by the last two numbers of his brand."
With an obvious effort to shrug of Harmony's touch, Matteo carried the hay the last few feet to the stall doors. "Why does he have a brand?"
After taking the clipboard from Harmony, Aaron pointed to the white marks on the bay's neck. "He's a mustang. Unfortunately, he was causing a bit of trouble and he needed a home." 
At the same time, the twins pipped up excitedly "So he's ours too?"




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