The One Legged Horseman

Once upon time, lived a very famous horse rider his name was JK and surname Horseman. He loved horses.  When he was a kid he always went in his father’s barn to play in it and stroke the horses. His favourite horse was Onamatapea, he loved that name  when it was raining his Mum would say Onamatapea. When he was older he learnt to ride and that’s where the story starts.

One day JK got a letter, it said - The Grand Horse Race. JK was so happy he replied straight away. It said:

Dear Mr Man,

I would love to come .I will take to the race to ride, Onamatapea, my favourite horse.                                       

Yours sincerely

JK Horseman

After a couple of days he got a reply saying “YES”. JK ran to get his stuff on then his wife stopped him. JK said,

“Why are you stopping me”

His wife said,

“Because you might hurt yourself.”

JK replied angrily,

“Jacqueline don’t be silly”.

JK ran before Jacqueline could stop him. JK put on his jodhpurs, then jacket and helmet, and tacked up Onamatapea. He hopped in his Land Rover, his wife Jacqueline put Onamatapea in the cart then she went in the car. They drove all the way down to the race track.

When they got out of the car their eyes glowed up with the sight of the stadium. They got out Onamatapea, still staring at the stadium. Jacqueline said nicely to JK,

“Be careful”

JK replied,

“I will darling”.

He walked through the entrance with Onamatapea.

All the racers jumped on the backs of their horses. The man with the gun said,

“5, 4, 3, 2, 1”.

BANG! The race had begun, the horse were running at top speed. The first jump came, then JK remembered  what his wife had said. Onamatapea jumped and JK fell off. Horses were tramping on his leg then the whole race stopped.

JK was taken to the hospital all injured but the worst place he was injured was his leg, the doctor told JK they had to chop it off and replace it with a fake leg. JK was scared but said ok. After the operation he had only one leg.

He waited a month to get the new leg. On the 1st of February he got it, all silky and more good news came it was he was allowed in the disability horse race. This time he knew what to do.

The race was on. JK was on Onamatapea,

“3 2 1”,

 The race started. The first jump came he was scared because that was the place he injured himself. Jacqueline was cheering wildly, he did it. That happened again 45 times. JK saw the finish line he got faster he crossed the line and won. The trophy was massive.   When he got the trophy he was so happy with himself.

The End

By Ida