All I want for Christmas is..a pony?

Yep, I know that many little girls wish and hope to get a pony for Christmas or birthdays, but one Christmas it really happened at our house. We had opened all the presents that were under the tree and we were enjoying the morning when a neighbor drove in our driveway with his horsetrailer. Dad got up and went outside to meet them when I looked out the window and saw them unloading a pony. Well with my love of horses it didn't take me long to get ready and run out the door. Dad had gotten us the pony to replace the horse we had sold, she just wasn't a horse for kids. I couldn't believe it. So by lunch we had her named,"Tandy" don't ask how she got that name, because I don't remember. She might have been bought with it, but I can't be sure of it. I just remember how glad I was that we had a pony that I could take care of by myself. I would come home from a bad day at school and go out and just climb on her and talk out my day. Many times I would just lay on her back and day dream about not having to go to school anymore. When I was in JR. High she had a colt that was black, who became "nightshade". I can remember when Dad worked for the Ranch in the canyon, we didn't see him much so we were glad when Mom would drive us down to visit him. It was on one of these visits that Dad put me on one of the horses to ride while he took them back out to their pasture. I think that was when I fell in love with them. To this day I still love them, and owe that to Dad.