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Analysis Of The Poem ' Wha '

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A FRANTIC banging awoke the mare from her peaceful slumber, eliciting a great yawn as she raised her muzzle slowly up into the air, stretching out her wings and wincing until she heard them click, relief spreading through her body. Then looking up to the window of her own little bedroom—which was made even smaller by the clutter around the unpainted cobble walls—she groaned as she saw the betraying blackness of the night and rolled back over, murmuring, "Wha 's 'matter?"

Hearing no response for a few seconds, she smiled and nestled deeper under the cover, sighing as the warmth surrounded her body. She had no chance of returning to sleep, however, as the harsh hammering returned, louder this time. Squeaking, she then shot up from the bed, …show more content…

Or perhaps it wasn 't so hard to explain; it was summer, after all.

The stallion, however, didn 't seem quite so excited, his own expression one of great urgency. Jerking his head to his left quickly he gallopea stop and all but slamming into the mare, crushing her against the wall and making her groan. Catching himself almost immediately he jumped away from her, his eyes narrowing as he picked up on her suddenly hungry eyes.

"Listen to me, Blue!" he whispered, his voice scratchy and breathless, his ears pinned against his neck, the left being ripped almost down to the base. "There 's not time to argue, but we 've gotta go!"

The mare—Blue—frowned, cocking her head slightly as she glanced out to the corridor, then looking up to her window where the moon shone bright in the cloudless, star-lit sky. "Why? What 's wrong with—"

"Look, do you trust me?"

"Well, yeah. You know I do, Rip, but—"

"If you trust me then shut up and follow my lead. We 've gotta get out of here, right now." The stallion spun around and trotted over to the doorway, displaying his saddlebags, seemingly filled with food, for the first time. Blue, however, only remained where she was, looking around her tiny room as the stallion 's magic engulfed an old set of her horseshoes laying in the corner and carried them over to his side. Then, as he peeked around the corner of the doorway tentatively, the

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