The Nurse Mare.s Tale 8+

📘 The Nurse Mare's Tale is in a way the prequel to Dinky:The Nurse Mare's Foal, as it tells the story of Dinky's mother.This lovely story is told from the viewpoint of two aging nursemares about to give birth, and the trials they go through. It tellsus of Sadie and her friend Nellie and is accompanied withcharming dialogue (both speaking and thinking). The plight ofthese animals is described in empathetic detail.After enduring years of breeding and loss, the older nurse maresmust face the auction with the promise of being slaughtered, asthey have become too old for breeding and thus unable to berented out as nurse mares to feed the foals of the high-dollarmares.Do they accept their fate, or will there be another ending for thenurse mares that have given everything and received little inreturn?The ending may surprise you. It is a poignant story that will ripyour heart out and put you back together again.