Written for OLWG #415.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.
Tag: Ranch
HORSE SENSE
What does this picture inspire you to write? Another challenge from my friends at “What Do You See?”.

βHey, Charlie! Phil! Get a load of these jackasses!β neighed Daryl as he stared over the fence onto the country road. βDo they really think theyβre capable of winning a race? On two legs?? This takes the cake!”
βDaryl, Iβm pretty sure theyβre not actual jackassesβ whinnied Charlie. βThey just look like jackasses!β
Phil kicked up his back legs and snickered loudly. Tossing back his glossy black hair, he gave out a hearty laugh. βThat was hysterical, Charlie! βThey just look like jackasses!β Absolutely priceless!β
βWell, they’re sure acting like jackasses! What the heck are they doing?β asked Daryl.
βTheyβre jogging – people run around all bandy-legged with arms flailing getting all sweaty going nowhere in particular and looking pretty dumb while doing it.β Charlie explained.
Phil trotted over. βYeah. I read about these idiots in Horse Beautiful. Itβs some kind of craze, far as I can tell .. some sort of asinine exercise routine.β
βYeahβ agreed Charlie. βWhat a total waste of time! And thereβs even more of them running around the city.β
βOMG!β laughed Daryl loudly. βCheck out these two in their matching his-and-hers outfits. Look at the shape they’re in! They gotta weigh 600 pounds combined. Can you imagine them riding us? Oh, my aching back! My screaming knees!β
βWhoa, whoa, whoa! Look at what we got here, boys. Now thatβs some fine-looking little filly!β exclaimed Phil as he moseyed nearer to the fence. “Oh yeah. I’d like to see her in a wet t-shirt contest!’
βShe sure is something else, alrightβ Charlie agreed. βCheck out those tiny shorts she’s wearing. She can ride me bareback any time she wants!β
βMan, now that’s one stacked number! I could watch her jog and bounce around all day!β Daryl smacked his lips.
βHey! What are you three flea bags doing all this way from the barn? Farmer Brownβs gonna have a cow if he hears you jumped the fence again!β It was Barkley, the yellow lab who lived on the ranch. βBest get yourselves back home before someone notices youβre gone. C’mon! Giddy-up!β
βRace ya!β snorted Phil and the trio took off leaving Barkley in their dust.β
βBunch of jackasses!β Barkley yowled indignantly. “Well, good riddance to them and woof to you, sexy lady. You jog by here often? Have I got a bone for you!”
NAR Β© 2022
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