All His Fault -Sandlot- Benny Rodreguez

PART 5 A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS

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B E N G I M I N   R O D R I G U E Z

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Allyssa grabbed my hand and pulled me over to what she calls a "stallroom" all of the horse equiment was in there, next to a room with wood shaving on the ground.I learned the things names and what they are used for. Is it normal to have a wall of saddle pads? there were red ones with playing cards, to blue ones with Aztec patterns, there was even a red white and blue one. she grabbed a black saddle pad with initials. JY they read. those are not her initials. 

"Benny, earth to Benny!" she asked. one of her hands was one my shoulder and the other waving in my face.

"What...yeah, I was just admiring the wall of saddle pads."

"Alright, let's go." she led me and the horse to the pasture.

"I would normally do this in an arena. but I haven't found a barn to ride at yet, so this will have to do." she told me while adjusting the girth. 

"Alright, put your left foot in the stirrup, grab the horn, and pull yourself up." I did that. "Nice, now swing your right leg over and sit." I did that too. 

She thought me how to steer and make duke walk. Horse riding is a lot more complicated than I thought. I was really confused so she did this thing where she tied duke to a rope and he walked in circles around her. Allyssa called it lunging.

"Well It's 8:00 so we'll give trotting a try next time. Ok?" she asked.

"Yeah Ok. Thanks a lot for this, if there anything i can do to pay you back."

"Your doing enough already, I want him to be toddler friendly." she said laughing

"I am not a toddler!" I said catching up to her. I started laughing too.

"You ride like one though." she was still laughing as she untied the breast collar. 

"Hey, this is my first day, and maybe one day I'll ride better than you!" I boasted.

"Oh please I don't that'll ever happen." she pulled the saddle of the horse's back.

"Rodeo runs in my family." I said raising my hands like I was surrendering.

"OK what ever floats your boat."

"I better get going, if you need anything you know where I'll be!" I shouted as I ran to get my stuff off her porch. 

"OK bye!" she yelled back.

she must me extremely strong and patient to deal with huge animals like that, not to mention brave. she is so beautiful as well. Horse riders get a bad rap, but those people, are probably some of the toughest and caring people in the world, especially Allyssa.

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A L L Y S S A  R O B I N S O N   

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Benny is so cute when he's focused, he was trying so hard to balance everything on duke. He left and I untacked duke. I put everything away and fed him. I still have a good 4 hours until training. I went to the house and jumped in the shower, I took care of all my hygiene necessities, and threw on the clothes from earlier, they still smelled good.