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when I first saw him,” I told her.

“And when I was trying to get the

gate shut and he slid to a stop that

first time like you saw him do, I

thought I was dead. But it’s like . . .”

I paused, not knowing how to put it

into words.

“I’ll tell you what it’s like,”

Brenda said. “It’s like he sees you as

his savior from the dark world he was

in. But I think there is even more.”

That made me curious. I stopped

brushing him and climbed through

the fence. The horses finished their

grain and moved off to graze.

Cashmere begged another apple off of

me, and then I told him to go graze,

so he started eating grass close by,

not wanting to be far away.

“What do you mean he sees me as

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