I wrote that my youngest daughter, A, had an interest in animals. She wanted to see horses up close, so I took her to an equestrian club in my city today. The stable is on the riverside. Though all the horses had gentle faces and looked peaceful, their enormous bodies blew me away. I felt a little scared.
As for A, she was running her finger across the face of a horse. I was upset to see her. Japanese proverbs which have the word "horse" are almost implying that horses are numb. It's not true, the keeper working at the stable explained to me. Horses know who loves them. It seems that horses knew that A loves animals.
(Vocabulary)
equestrian club 乗馬クラブ
blow away 〈米俗〉感動させる、つくづく感心させる、～に非常に良い印象を与える
run one's finger across ～の上を指でなでる
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