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Going To The
Stables
Zion W. Watt
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Copyright © 2010 The Sagata Group
All rights reserved.
ISBN-13: 978-1460938867
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DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to my parents, Joy and Hamet, to my grandparents, Brenda and Pape, to my uncle Tij, to aunt Ali, to
my friends, and to my cousins in Texas, in Louisiana, in Alabama, in Georgia, and in Senegal.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments i
Preface 3
I To The Capital 5
II To The Stables 33
III Looking For Happy Horse 59
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our first acknowledgment go to Pape who took Zion to visit Washington DC and suburban Maryland. Pape took the pictures, wrote the text and arranged for the publication of the book. Zion and Pape want also to thank Mrs. L. Loken who contributed her time to edit the book. They are also grateful to Zion’s parents Joy and Hamet, to Mrs. K. Kane, and to Pape’s friends at the Coffield Community Center, for making useful comments and for helping in correcting the mistakes. Zion and Pape thank the staff, the trainers and the instructors of Meadowbrook Stables. And thank you, the reader for sharing our pleasurable adventure.
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PREFACE
Zion lives in Los Angeles, California
with his father and his mother. His
grandfather lives in another state far
away, in Maryland. He calls his
Grandfather, Pape. Two years ago,
when Zion was three years old, Pape
went to Los Angeles for his birthday,
and gave him as a birthday gift a
book about “Happy Horse”. The
book was written by one of Pape’s
neighbors. Happy Horse is a real
horse that lives in stables near
Pape‘s house in Maryland. Each time
Pape travels to Los Angeles, Zion
asks him to read the book about
“Happy Horse”, before going to bed.
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In May 2010, Zion took an airplane
and traveled with his parents to visit
his grandfather who lives in
Maryland, near Washington, DC. This
book is about Zion exciting and
special visit in Maryland.
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I: To The Capital
In the morning, after breakfast, Zion
said: “Pape, I want to go see Happy
Horse today.” Pape said: “Yes, of
Course! If you want, we can ride the
bus and the metro rail before going
to see Happy Horse.”
And off they went.
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It was a rainy day and they had to
wait for the bus for several minutes.
Zion held the umbrella to protect
them from the rain.
Zion was very patient and ready to
take the bus and the Metro.
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After a while, the bus came and they
took their first bus to the Metro
Station. The driver said that Zion
could ride the bus for free.
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They will take metro to the Union
Station in Washington DC. They
bought tickets at the ticket stand.
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While they waited for their train,
Zion had fun watching other trains
change lanes.
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There were many people waiting to
go down town.
Here comes the Metro!
All aboard!
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They boarded the Redline Metro
going to the Union Station in
Washington, DC.
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There were many rails coming
from all directions!
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Shuuuu, Creeeeek, Shuuuu,
Creeeeek, Shuuuu, Creeeeek…
The trains were noisy but fun to ride.
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They saw many trains. Some trains
were long, other trains were short.
Some trains carried passengers,
other trains carried merchandise,
and other trains carried cars.
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Chug, Chug, Chug, Chug ……!
Kreeeek, Kreeeek, Kreeeek…!
Puush, Puush, Puush….!
Some trains were going slowly.
Other trains went very fast.
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There were many more trains as
they approached the Union Station.
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Soon, they reached the great Union
Station and got off. The Union
Station is a large and beautiful
building. It was built a long time
ago. They saw many people. Zion
said: “Pape, this looks like an
airport”. “That’s right!” Pape Said.
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They went outside of the Union
Station. It was still raining. Zion was
very brave. He did not complain
about the rain. There were many
cars, taxis and buses.
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The outside of Union Station was
also beautiful. They saw monuments
and statues of famous people. In
front of Union Station, passengers
were waiting for their rides. “Can
you see the birds above the middle
arch of the building?” asked Pape.
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Zion is standing next to a Special Bell
called Liberty Bell. The Liberty Bell is
a symbol of American Freedom.
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Here is another monument with four
eagles. The monument is at the base
of a flag pole. The eagle is the
American national bird. It symbolizes
strength, courage and freedom.
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There were many special buses for
tourists. Like Zion, tourists came
from out of town to visit the capital
city of Washington, DC.
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This is an old fashion trolley. The
trolley takes tourists to visit
important places in the city.
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This vehicle is called Capital Duck
because it can drive on the road, and
on the water. It also takes tourists
around the city.
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This is a big double decker tour bus
which drives people around special
places in the City.
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It rained for a long time. After a
while, they decided to take the train
for the second time and to go see
Happy Horse.
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Next, they waited patiently to take
the Union Station Metro which goes
towards Maryland. The platform was
full of people waiting also to take
the metro. After a few minutes, a six
cars long metro came.
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The train runs underground for a few
minutes and then it runs above
ground for several more minutes.
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Pape and Zion sat upfront, in the
first car of the Metro. They could see
the Metro Engineer operating the
metro. The engineer looked outside
his window cabin, to make sure that
everyone was inside the Metro
before moving.
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It was fun to see the Metro coming
up from underground to above
ground. They rode the metro above
ground from the Union Station in
Washington, DC, back to Maryland.
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After they got out of the Metro, they
waited at the bus stop.
Who is the cool guy waiting at the
bus stop?
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When it arrived, they rode their
second bus of the day. The bus took
them to Meadowbrook Lane.
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II: To The Stables
They followed the signs to the
stables Zion wanted to see.
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Meadowbrook Lane leads to the
Meadowbrook Stables where Happy
Horse lives.
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The Meadowbrook Stables is in the
Rock Creek Park, Maryland.
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The Meadowbrook has a large barn.
There are four large outdoor arenas.
There are three grass paddocks for
grazing and exercising.
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This is the utility building where
machines and tools are kept.
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These trucks are used for towing horse trailers.
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At the Meadowbrook Stables,
instructors teach equitation and
horsemanship. Children can learn
proper equitation, how to walk, halt,
steer, and trot. All children who
attend the Meadowbrook Stables
have great fun.
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Pape and Zion opened the gate and
entered the stables.
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There were many children and their
families at the stables.
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A few of the children were taking
classes. Here is an instructor giving
lessons to two students.
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Some students were already good
riders. They could make the horse
trot and gallop.
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After watching the horsemanship
lessons, they went to the big barn.
They saw horses at their windows.
Each horse had its own stall and its
name written by the window.
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Their names were: Dunny, Bobby,
Jack, Doodle Bug, Snip, Snoopy, Tess,
Alli, Chance and many others.
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This is Chance.
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This is Snip.
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This is Tess.
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Visitors are not allowed to give food
to the horses.
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There were horses outside the barn in the arenas.
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This horse was in another arena.
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This horse stopped eating to take
a picture with Zion.
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Here is Frankie the famous pony!
Frankie lives in a farrier shed. A
farrier fixes a horse’s hoof, and puts
shoes on the horse’s feet.
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This horse is having his shoe fixed
and cleaned by a horse trainer.
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They saw a trainer saddling a horse
and taking it for exercise.
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After they looked at all the areas
outside, Zion said: “Pape, let’s go
inside the barn!” “Are you sure we
can do that?” asked Pape. “Well,
let’s ask one of the trainers” Zion
said. When Pape asked, the trainer
said, “Sure you can go, there are
more horses inside!”
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On the left side of the barn, they saw
many saddles. They were in many
colors and neatly arranged.
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The harnesses were hanging by the
wall in an orderly way.
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Inside the barn, there were pictures
of all kinds of beautiful horses.
Zion and Pape looked at the pictures.
They read about the different kind of
horses that are in the world.
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III: Looking For Happy Horse
After a while, Zion said, “Pape let’s
go to the other side of the Barn were
the horses are. I still want to see
Happy Horse.”
Pape said, “Sure, let’s go and try to
find Happy Horse!”
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Inside the barn, there were also
many horses in their stalls. Each stall
had bales of hay next to it.
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A horse was getting in his stall.
There were many horses, but they
could not find Happy Horse.
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This horse is called Cobby.
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Dublin is Here .
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“Is this Happy Horse?” Zion Asked.
“No, this is Dot.” Pape said.
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How about this horse?
This is Bella!
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“Is it this white horse?” Zion Asked.
“No, this is Princess!” Pape said.
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“Is it this brown horse?”
“No, it is not this horse.”
“Gee Whiz! Where can we find
Happy Horse?”
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“Hum! Is it this horse?” Zion Asked.
“Let us see!” Said Pape.
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“Yes, yes, yes! This is Happy Horse!”,
Pape said.
“Wow! Wow !We finally found
Happy Horse!”
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Happy Horse is a nice medium size
horse, black and beautiful. He was
happy eating hay. Zion and Pape
were happy looking at him for a
good while.
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They were very happy to have had a
full and beautiful day.
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“We rode two trains, two buses,
and, most of all we saw Happy
Horse!” said Zion. The rain stopped.
The day turned out to be a great day.
They walked happily back home to
Pape’s house which was close by.
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Zion Watt
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Author: Zion W. Watt
Photographer: Pape
Publisher: Pape
Editors: L. Loken, K. Kane, Joy Watt,
& Hamet Watt
May 25, 2011