Horsey Business

I drive past a field of horses every morning on my way to work. Some days as I drive past, I see several horses gathered around another horse who is standing on a raised patch of land. It looks like they're having a meeting and it makes me laugh. But what are they discussing?

Are they discussing the plans for the day's work? Doling out responsibilities? "Hey Bill, it's your turn to knock over the water bucket. Fred, you'll be working with Bob today to scare the cows."

Is it serious business? Maybe they're discussing overthrowing their evil overlords and running free onto the road. Plotting their escape from this fenced-in life. Or just running across to play with the horses on the other side of the road.

Perhaps it's less significant than all that. Is it just a gossip circle? They're just talking smack about the new horse across the street? Speculating on who's mating with who? And about who wants to mate with who. Are they discussing the delicious alfalfa dinner they ate last night? Asking for advice about what they can do about their obnoxious yearling? Locking him in the stable just isn't making him behave!

Or maybe it's like most meetings I've been to...a little bit of all of the above.

It's also entirely possible that they're just horses, doing nothing, who happen to be standing in a formation that looks like a meeting to me. I don't care that this is the most logical answer...I still prefer to think it's a meeting.