I loved to run back then<\/p>\n
yes I did I used to<\/p>\n
I ran through the forest<\/p>\n
and way past the glen<\/p>\n
as they all used to say<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Then one day<\/p>\n
my father he<\/p>\n
passed away<\/p>\n
and malevolent stepmom<\/p>\n
moved in to stay<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I cooked and I cleaned<\/p>\n
I swept and I sewed<\/p>\n
Nothing I did was good<\/p>\n
enough for her now<\/p>\n
I donned my white sneakers<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Going out for a run<\/p>\n
for an almost woman<\/p>\n
this was my kind of fun<\/p>\n
My stepmom she stopped me<\/p>\n
dead at the door<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Said you\u2019ll not be out running<\/p>\n
around here anymore<\/p>\n
On my feet were my sneakers white<\/p>\n
as a cloud\u00a0I started to run with her<\/p>\n
henchmen a-coming\u00a0behind me wielding their guns<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A whinny I heard\u00a0it was definitely a whine<\/p>\n
A horse was in trouble I could<\/p>\n
not be unkind<\/p>\n
My legs they flew to find the hurt<\/p>\n
horse I knew I heard crying<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Just there in the woods\u00a0lay a man<\/p>\n
quite knocked out<\/p>\n
His horse I could see his leg he held up<\/p>\n
I spoke softly to him<\/p>\n
that I\u2019d be right there<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I must first to your owner offer my aid<\/p>\n
The young man I shook<\/p>\n
wasn\u2019t young as I thought<\/p>\n
His kerchief and trousers<\/p>\n
cost more than my truck!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
He roused and sat rubbed<\/p>\n
his head and sore neck<\/p>\n
then looked up at me saying,<\/p>\n
Oh what the heck?<\/p>\n
It seems his great steed had twisted<\/p>\n
his leg\u00a0causing this huge lovely<\/p>\n
man to take quite a fall<\/p>\n
I moved to stroke the animals neck<\/p>\n
then bent down to check\u00a0there was no break<\/p>\n
in his leg<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Within moments I found<\/p>\n
a stone of measurable size<\/p>\n
removed it and saw thanks in his eyes<\/p>\n
Just then those bad men<\/p>\n
employed by fathers wife<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
stood around with their<\/p>\n
guns\u00a0threatening my life<\/p>\n
but the horse though lame<\/p>\n
put up quite a fight gave me room<\/p>\n
to run gave me time to take flight<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
One lace of my shoe was the horse<\/p>\n
standing on and pulled it right<\/p>\n
off my foot as I passed<\/p>\n
I ran and I ran but no more<\/p>\n
could I run and the men<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
they grabbed me and dragged me<\/p>\n
back home<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The rest of the story you all know<\/p>\n
quite well The horsemen did find me<\/p>\n
The shoe fit me swell and we live happily ever after – my stepmom not so well<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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