Lina

Like every morning, Lina is awakened by the rays of the sun on her face. She gets up, gets dressed, and sneaks out of the house without waking her parents.
Like every morning, the yard smells of straw, hay and horses. Lina runs to the stables that stand along the long side of the riding arena.
As soon as she is around the corner from the riding arena, she is greeted with a friendly neigh by her horses. "Tomorrow you sweeties. Slept well." Lina whispers and strokes her 2 horses.
Lina notices that her horses Mary and BlackPearl have already had their feed. She goes into the saddle room and fetches the bridle for her mare, goes back to the box and opens the box door. Lina separates the mare, leads her out of her box, next to a chair, stands on the chair and gets on the mare.
So Lina rides bareback on Mary towards the riding arena.

Ten minutes later, Lina's mother Anita comes to the riding arena and says to her daughter: "Tomorrow Lina, do you think about that afterwards a school class with 14 people will come, if any of them want to ride, that you give them lessons."Lina rides to her mother, replies:" Yes, ok, I'll do it then. Timo has already set up the rooms, I saw yesterday. " "Yes, he has. Oh, breakfast would be ready by then. We eat outside in the weather, "says Anita to her daughter.

An hour after breakfast, the little coach drives into the yard. Anita and her husband Leonard welcome the new guests. The tour guide says to Leonard: "Hello. I told you on the phone that we would be arriving with a total of 14 people, but unfortunately some have been canceled, so we are only 7 people." prepared. ", Leonard turns to the students / guests," I am Leonard and this is my wife Anita, if one of you wants to ride, he turns to my wife or me. And now I'll show you the rooms. "

After Leonard and Anita have shown the guests the rooms, they all meet again in the courtyard. "Now you can take a look around here.We'll all meet again at dinner. "

Lina has tied the mare Mira to the cleaning rod and is cleaning her.
"Nice horse." Lina turns around and replies: "Thank you, belongs to my mother. ... you are probably one of our new guests. I'm Lina, the daughter of Leonard and Anita." "I'm Ben. And you are you going to ride them right away ?! says Ben.
A few minutes later Lina mounts Mira and rides in the riding arena, accompanied by Ben, he sits down on the edge and watches Lina ride.

Ben's classmates sit down next to him, he says to them: "Somehow nice, the riding." "You sit on top and just ride, what is interesting about that ?!" says one to Ben.
He tries to explain to them how difficult it can be. Suddenly Ben stands up and just says: "I'm not arguing with you. Think what you want." He goes back to the stables and looks at the horses. He comes to the box where there is a big brown draft horse.The name "Sam" is on the pit door.
Sam sticks his head out of the box and lets Ben stroke her.

A few minutes later Lina comes running around the corner with Mira, and sees how Ben gets on with Sam and has to smile. She leads Mira into her box, saddles and disconnects her, closes the box door as she goes out again. Lina brings the saddlery back into the saddle room. She goes to Sam's box, says to Ben: "He likes you, he really likes you."
Ben looks at Lina, replies: "Yes, I can tell. ... he's cuddly, right ?!" "Yes, he is. He was already as a foal." says Lina, looks at Sam and then at Ben, "we'll have a barbecue afterwards."
Ben asks Lina quietly: "Would it be possible ... that I can ride a horse ... or better asked, sit on a horse ?!" Lina smiles at him and says: "No problem. If you want you can Sit on Sam and I'll show you around. "Ben nods.
Lina fetches the bridle from Sam, puts it on him, leads him out of his box, next to the chair that is on the cleaning rod."Ben, stand on the chair, and then you sit on Sam's back."

A short time later, Ben is sitting on Sam's back, says a little uncertainly: "He's very comfortable." "Don't be afraid, he and I will take care of you." says Lina with a smile to Ben.
She starts slowly, Sam runs after her. Ben feels Sam's every movement as he sits on him without a saddle.
Lina leads Sam to the riding arena and walks around with him for a few laps. Ben feels very comfortable with Sam.
Lina and Ben talk while she has Sam on the reins.

Half an hour later, Sam is back in his box. Ben gives him a few carrots that Sam can enjoy. Lina says to Ben: "You can go to the others at the grill. I'll come later too." "Ok. See you soon." answers Ben, and runs to the large meadow that is above the riding arena.
Everyone has spread out a little on the meadow. Anita distributes cups and drinks to the guests. "Here you go, Ben." says Anita to Ben. He thanks him, happens to see someone else riding on the square.Leonard stands next to him and says: "Lina rides her stallion BlackPearl. She does that almost every evening." "He must have a lot of temperament, right ?!" asks Ben. Leonard replies, and continues to watch his daughter ride: "He's been her since he was born. She is, apart from me, the only one who gets along with him."
A while later, Ben goes to the stables again, where Lina is leading her stallion BlackPearl into his box.
Ben stands next to the box and says to Lina: “He is beautiful.” Lina looks at Ben, smiles: “Yes, he is. Especially with his white ear.” She strokes BlackPearl over his white ear.
"So now I'll get myself a sausage before there's none left." says Lina to Ben. Both go to the upper meadow where there is a barbecue.

Ben sits down on a bench by the fence. Lina picks up her bratwurst from her father Leonard, then goes to Ben and sits down next to him. They talk for a while longer.

Two hours later, it is very quiet in the yard again.All guests are in their rooms, Lina's parents are still in the rider's room and prepare the plates for breakfast.
Lina walks quietly through the stable lanes, accompanied by the farm dog Tiro. She looks into all boxes to see if everything is okay.
When Lina comes to Mira's box, she is nudged by the stable neighbor. Lina whispers softly: “Well, Leon,” she strokes the gelding's head, “I'll ride you tomorrow at noon, we want to stay in training for a while.” Lina takes a close look at the black gelding with the white mane and remembers on how he and BlackPearl ran across the pasture as foals.
Half an hour later, Lina is back in her room and is getting ready for bed. Lina lies down and fell asleep very quickly.

The sun is just rising on the horizon when Mary's pit door opens. Lina puts the saddle on her mare's back and separates her. Leads Mary out of the box by the reins, mounts and rides off towards the forest.In the meantime, everything is being prepared for the guests' breakfast in the Reiterstübchen. Ten minutes later, the first guests arrive and sit down at the tables.
Anita asks Timo: "Timo, did you see or hear Lina this morning ?!" Timo replies briefly: "She rode out. Mary's box was open when I passed." "I thought so," smiles Anita, "but it seems to me she has brought something to eat. "

Half an hour later, the guests have spread out around the courtyard, some are sitting on the large lawn and others are sitting at the riding arena and watch the riders ride.
Ben looks around the boxes. When he is at the washing area he meets Lina, who is just spraying her mare Mary's legs.