*walks over to the chook pen* *stays there for a while before she notices a rustling of bushes about two hundred metres to her left.* *runs over there*
Nothing moves and nothing can be heard except the birds, and the rushed breathing of Ellie. Then suddenly, Ellie hears a "neigh!" and follows the sound, not far to the right, into the bushes. there, in a small clearing, is a beautiful bay mare, still with a tattered saddle, standing eating the tough long grass.*
*Ellie has barely any experience with horses so she runs quickly out of the bushes, calls: Elise! Come help!" and goes back to watch the horse.*
* a few minutes later, decides that Elise will have a hard time finding her, so runs off to tell her where she is, then returns and waits*