The crowd thought the boy in the wheelchair was helpless-until the wild mustang lowered his head to his boots

close, both of them facing the horse.

“He’s not mean,” Walt said.

Jonah watched Cinder stretch his neck toward the hay without moving his feet. “He looks mean.”

“He looks scared. Mean is when a horse has learned he can win by hurting you. Scared is when he thinks hurting you is the only way he gets to live.”

Cinder snorted at the alfalfa, then grabbed continue reading …