Dakota's Summer Page #3

Well, you'll be helping out

with the minis, and, uh,

there'll be chores

around the ranch.

And when we have visitors,

you can help out with them.

Visitors?

Yeah. A couple of times a week we

have some troubled kids come over.

It helps for them to spend

time around the horses.

Troubled kids?

Yeah.

The last thing I wanna do right now

is baby-sit some messed-up kid.

I know exactly how you feel.

Here. You can take Jupiter

out to that paddock.

Take him to that

young man out there.

Yeah, bring her on out here.

Howdy.

I'm Bryce Tucker.

- Do you have a name?

- Yes, I do.

- Well, I reckon I'll see you around then.

- Not if I can help it.

You like that one?

One-Foot Flyaway?

I almost did it once.

- Did you?

- Yep.

That's a challenging trick.

You got all your weight

supported by just one leg.

The other leg straight back,

your arm forward.

Going 40 miles an hour on a horse ups

the degree of difficulty considerably.

My daddy always said a One-Foot Flyaway

took the grace of a ballerina...

and the strength

of a steer wrestler.

I always wondered why I wasn't

a better trick rider...

considering I was

your granddaughter and all.

But now that I'm not,

I guess it makes sense.

Well...

my daddy was just about the most

uncoordinated man in the world.

He couldn't dance. He could

barely get up on a horse.

But, oh, how he could sing.

When he opened his mouth

and sang...

you would've thought an angel himself had

come down to the world to entertain us.

Beautiful.

And as for me?

Well, I cannot sing a lick.

And your point is?

You tell me.

Well, obviously, it doesn't

matter what your parents did...

as far as what you can do.

It's not about blood.

It's about heart.

- Oh, and Dakota?

- Yeah?

F.Y.I...

I will always be your grandfather.

"Miniature horses are exactly

like normal horses, just smaller.

Miniature horses have been

bred over the last 500 years.

Small horses and ponies had been

used to work in coal mines...

in England and Holland.

Some of these were brought to the

United States in the 19th century."

Yes?

It sounds like you don't

even like miniature horses.

I do like them.

Seems like you're just phoning

it in. Just sayin'.

- What's your name?

- Summer.

Okay, Summer. When I want your little

opinion, I'll ask for it, okay?

Okay.

Okay, let's go to the pens.

All right, so what you're gonna do

is you're gonna take the halter,

you're gonna put it

around the neck like this...

and then you click

it on, all right?

So everybody's gonna grab a halter,

go in the pen and find a mini.

Let's have some fun!

Don't be afraid, guys. Talk to 'em.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't chase 'em.

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