storm-horses

Updated: May 7, 2025

Outside, the storm-horses kept on trampling all day, the crust was really growing thin under their heels, and late that afternoon his bill went through into the open air. New life came with this gain, and he pecked away, till just before the sun went down he had made a hole that his head, his neck, and his ever-beautiful ruffs could pass.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Lobo, Rag and Vixen: Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen

Outside, the storm-horses kept on trampling all day, the crust was really growing thin under their heels, and late that afternoon his bill went through into the open air. New life came with this gain, and he pecked away, till just before the sun went down he had made a hole that his head, his neck, and his ever-beautiful ruffs could pass.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Wild Animals I Have Known