A man's car breaks down on a country road. He opens opens his bonnet and looks at the engine. He knows nothing about cars and has no hope of fixing it. Suddenly he hears a voice saying "Check the alternator." He looks round for who spoke, and leaning over a gate is a small brown horse, who says again "Check the alternator". Bewildered, he looks at what he thinks the alternator might be, and sure enough there is a loose connection. He tightens it, jumps in his car, starts the engine and races off towards the local village, both scared and confused at the appearance of a talking horse. He goes straight to the first bar he sees. "I need a Scotch!" he say, and knocks it straight back. "Hang on," says the barman, "Why are you so shaken?" So the man tells him the tale of breaking down and the small brown horse telling him what was wrong. The barman looks at him seriously."You were so lucky it wasn't the grey horse, mate." "Why, whats wrong with the grey horse?" "He knows nothing about cars."

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A very good short story, a lot better than some children's books.

17/05/21
8:37pm

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