Well here's my letter:
Dear Little Horses,
One day a kind lady went to visit you because she wanted to buy one of you. She was shocked when she saw the trouble you were in. So she made it her priority to report your conditions to several agencies until she found one that would listen to her and agree to help you. If it wasn't for her, we would have never known that you needed help. That lady is a hero.
Your owner doesn't deserve to own you and you do not belong there with him. But don't think that all people are like that. There are people who want you. They will give you food, water, shelter, and love and kindness; and ok, maybe even tie a few ribbons and bows in your mane too. I know I would.
Do you know that there is green stuff that grows from the ground? It's called grass, and horses love to eat it. Do you know there are inventions called "buckets" that you can eat from; that is, when there is something provided for you to eat? Did you know that there are places called feed stores where people actually spend lots of money to buy food for horses? And there are lots of flavors to choose from, so if you don't like one kind, your owner will buy you another kind! There is stuff called "medication" which is what you can have when you don't feel good so that your body doesn't feel any pain. There these funny things called brushes that people use to push against your body to clean your hairs, and that makes horses feel real good. I know that right now you don't know anything about these things. but once you experience good care for the first time, you will feel like you have never felt before. You will develop quite a little personality! You'll be so happy and carefree, maybe even become sneaky or devious, just like other horses. The time will come when you no longer have to stand under the scorching hot summer sun and burn up and suffer without water. You will not have to eat manure and dirt ever again. Your bones won't creak and you will trot a big trot with your tails flying in the air. You'll run with the wind to your back, whinnying as you go. In the winter, you will be warm and kept in softly bedded down in a clean barn with warm water to drink and hay to eat.
We have thousands of people trying to get you to your new homes every day. I know you haven't met any of them, but you are so wanted and so much loved. They fell in love with your pictures and said how much they wanted you to join their good families. But in this confusing human world, we have something called the "legal system" and in order for us to get you to better lands, this legal system takes time, and we know you don't have much of that left. We are thousands against a small handful of people that are fighting us. It is nearly impossible for us to understand how they have over-powered us from saving you so far, but it won't last much longer. Promise.
Soon you will have one of these new homes that I speak of where the grass is green and life is good. So, if you have to lay down to sleep today, please remember to wake up because your new homes are not that far away.
Love,
Me
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