The language barrier between horses and humans can be cause problems in an otherwise harmonious relationship. You can sort things out most of the time, but occasionally, your horse presents a mysterious quirk. Wouldn't life be easier if you had a horse-to-English translator?
If you had the opportunity to ask your horse a single question, what would it be? Would you want to know what's so scary about those purple flowers by the barn door? Or why he insists on chewing up his blankets? Or what he was doing out in the pasture when he got that scrape on his left hock?
Perhaps you'd go for a more philosophical slant. What does he think of humans? Does he mind being ridden, or would he prefer to be left alone?
Or would you succumb to the temptation to seek affirmation from your horse? Does he really like you? Does he like you better than his previous owners? What could you do to make him like you better?
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