A Birth

[willowsongbreeze]

Snowstar walked slowly into Foaling Meadow, her large belly not allowing her to go very fast. She chose a quiet, well hidden place to have her foal. She stood there in her chosen spot waiting for her foal to come. The contractions hurt but not to bad. When they got close enough together she strained and pushed to help bring her foal into the world. After awhile of straining she could feel the foals head and shoulders start to slip out of her. The pain was strong but she continued to push. Finally she managed to push her foals head and shoulders out all the way, sighing as the rest of the foal seemed to follow quickly. She slowly turned around and licked her foal to dry it off. She wondered if it was a colt or filly. After she dried her foal the little darling began trying to stand. Snowstar watched with wonder as her foal slowly got to its feet and tried hard to keep its balance. She snorted softly at it and walked around it to see it's gender. It was a pretty little filly. Her dried coat a dark chestnut shade. Snowstar wondered what to name her. Snowstar looked at the delicate little filly as she started to suckle and thought, trying to come up with a fitting name. "What should I name a pretty foal like you Darling?" Snowstar thought out loud to her filly. Snowstar thought about Whirlwind and continued to think. Soon her little filly was done nursing and laid down to sleep. Snowstar moved to stand over her newborn and began to graze. The only name that came to mind was Winterwind. She decided to wait to talk to Whirlwind before fully deciding. "Winterwind. I like that name." She said softly as she watched her filly sleep.

[willowsongbreeze]

Snowstar waited patiently for her little foal to wake up. When she finally woke up Snowstar encouraged her to nurse again. After her filly had drunk her fill Snow star turned around facing the exit to her hide out. "Come on Winterwind. I need to get a drink." She called to her foal. She then walked slowly out of her hiding place and scanned for signs of danger and other mares. Seeing the coast was clear she then headed for the stream, making sure that her filly was following her. Once she reached the stream she drank her fill. After drinking she looked around the Meadow searching for a good place to graze. She found patch of tall grass and began walking toward it, looking back and whinnying for her foal to follow. Once she reached her patch of grass she found a spot that gave her a good view of the area and began to graze. She let Winterwind trot and and prance around but kept a very close eye on her. When the little filly strayed to far Snowstar gave a loud snort and called to her. Her foal trotted to her side and lay down to rest.

Winterwind moved to her mothers side when she called to her. She followed her mother, making sure to stay close. She stumbled quite a few times, not yet used to her long legs. Each time she stumbled she would snort a little in frustration. After a little bit she became a little more graceful and seemed to walk a little easier. When her mother reached the stream and began to drink Winterwind prance a little and tried to practice using her legs. When her mother called her she followed her to the patch of tall grass. Winterwind trotted and pranced in the long grass, finding her legs were becoming easier to use. She didn't really notice that she was getting a bit far from her mother until she heard her call for her. She trotted up to her mothers side and lay down. All her trotting and prancing had worn her out.

[Secretariat]

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