Story Planning: The Fox and the Horse

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-There was a farmer who had a horse who was loyal and hardworking. Maybe change the farmer to actually be abusive and the horse is really lonely

-Sadly, he was becoming too old so the farmer starved him so that he would leave. Change this detail to the horse being really lonely so that he wanted to leave and get away from the abusive farmer/owner.

-The farmer didn't want the horse to come back until he was stronger than a lion àThe horse does not want to come back at all

-The horse was sad and wandered into a forest and came across a fox

-The fox asked the horse what was wrong àthe horse wants to go find friends so that he is not lonely anymore

-The horse replied and said that after everything he had done for the farmer, it meant nothing now that he was oldàThe hose did not have a family so he never knew what it was like to be lonely

-Make the horse run into the fox in the forest. The forest should be scary so that the horse and the fox do not want to walk in it all alone.

-The fox offered to help himàThe fox is just as lonely as the horse, so they should become best friends and basically because siblings?

-They tricked a lion into being tied up and dragged back to the farmer, proving that he was able to get "the better of him"àMaybe they can come across a lion who was lonely too… I just want there to be a happy ending

-Therefore, the farmer let the horse stay in the stable and eat until he diedà Change it to where the horse never comes back to the farmer. He was not happy at the farm so he made a new family and home

Bibliography: The Fox and the Horse from Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm; link to the reading online