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The Pony

Little Buffalo watched his father and older brothers ride off on their ponies across the plains to go hunting. His heart was full of longing to be old enough to have his pony and go with them. Feeling lonely he wandered down to the stream to play. There he moulded a tiny horse from the soft mud and collected twigs to build a corral for it. Little Buffalo pretended to ride his pony down to the water. He held the mud pony‘s nose in the cool water to drink, and he heaped blades of fresh grass in front of him to eat, every day he played with the mud pony.

One night he had a dream. His mud pony had grown as big as his father‘s pony. It came to him and spoke just like a person, "The Sun God has seen you playing with me. He is pleased with you. I can be a real live pony." When the sun rose the next morning, Little Buffalo ran down to the stream. There stood a fine pony with a long mane and friendly eyes. The pony spoke to Little Buffalo again, "The sun god has told me that I belong to you. But he said that you must do one thing for me every night. You must put a blanket over me to keep the rain off or I’ll be ruined."