Hooves on the Heart: Book 1 Start of Steele

Chapter 2

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I awoke to the sound of a rooster crowing , and I immediately jumped out of bed. I had forgotten to bed down the stalls last night, so I rushed to get my clothes on. If I got the stalls done before the sun came up my dad wouldn't know I had forgotten yesterday. I slowly crept down the stairs, and made my way out to the barn. Our new barn was huge' much bigger than any barn my dad had worked at in Kentucky. I slid the big door open quietly , and about fainted at the sight before me. The interior of the barn was newly renovated and updated. The flooring of the barn was grey concrete, and the stalls had sliding doors made of solid oak.There were 12 stalls and each stall had separate feeders for hay and grain , and automatic waterers. This was amazing ,and I new most of my time growing up would be spent here in the barn.

I found the bedding for the stalls and got to work. By the time the sun came up I was finished but very tired. I placed the rake and wheelbarrow back in the tack room , and ran back up to bed. It was early June and we would not start the new school year until late august , for this reason alone I was very thankful. I desperately needed the extra sleep right at this moment. Two hours later my mom woke me for breakfast,and we sat around the table biting into our sausage and biscuits. My dad walked in humming and smiling , a sure sign he was in a good mood. Before sitting down he kissed the top of my head . " Khloe you did a real good job on those stalls. I can see I taught you well" he stated. I laughed. " Thanks dad." My mom placed her hand into my fathers . " We are very blessed. " she smiled. My dad nodded and kissed the top of my mom's head , before turning to look at all of us. "Kids your mother and I have decided on a name for the farm. Our facility is going to be called Hooves on the Heart Farm: Equine breeding and training ." He smiled. All the kids including myself broke into clapping and laughter, except for Noel who sat in her chair sullen.

"We are all going to have to work together." My father continued ." I am going to need all you kids to help to fix the paddocks today. The young horses are going to start training by the end of the week, and we don't need any of them getting hurt trying to get out." he declared. We soon finished eating , and everyone walked outside to the paddocks and went to work replacing boards and gates. This work took all of us until the end of the day to finish, and my dad was very proud of the job we did. It was dusk so I decided to go explore and check out the loft in the barn .

At the top of the ladder I looked around letting my eyes adjust to the darkness. A meow behind me made me jump and almost caused me to loose my footing on the ladder. Behind me was a white and yellow spotted female cat , and she brushed against my hands looking for attention." Girl you scared the heck out of me. But you are so cute, your name shall be cheetah." I stated , pulling myself into the loft. I sat on a bale of hay , and pulled the cat into my lap petting her head. She meowed again and out of the corner came four adorable kittens. They looked to be only a few weeks old , two were orange spotted like their mom one was a grey tabby and the last was grey and orange. "You all are so cute. I am going to call you four eenie meenie minnie and moe. My little sisters will be so exited to have kittens." I declared. " I think this loft is going to be my designated thinking place."

Soon I heard my mom calling for supper, and I set the kittens down as I ran up to the house. As we dug in to the soup my mom made, I quickly told my sisters about the kittens. " I am going to see them first thing in the morning ." Ariah said . " Me too ." Allie agreed. My father walked in looking through the auction catalog and sat down at the table. " Khloe we will be leaving at 6 am in the morning to go to the auction." Mr Foster stated. " Yes sir." I replied, exitedly. " I believe we are going to look for some Dash for Cash, Jetolena, Storm Cat, and Mr Frenchman bloodlines. " My dad explained. " I heard that this auction has many different kinds of running bloods." I replied. My dad nodded in agreement. We finished supper and my sister Noel and I were washing dishes. She was still quiet which meant she was still upset over the move. We may not have alot in common and are around eighteen months apart, but I still loved her and hated to see her so upset. " Noel I am sorry about your friends." I declared. Noel looked up at me irritation clear on her face. " If you and dad weren't so horse obsessed we wouldn't have had to move here." she replied. I couldn't believe her here I was trying to be nice, but she was cocking an attitude with me." Noel if you would quit being so self absorbed you would see that this move was the best thing for our family." I replied. Noel threw the plate she was holding into the water, and ran upstairs to her new room. I grumbled low as I went to work finishing up the dishes. Noel was being selfish , and I hoped one day she would see the good in this place like I do.