The Arrogant Johnny

There was a horse named Johnny and he lived in a farm. He had a body brown fur and four slender, strong legs. Johnny had a bad temper and was very arrogant.



One afternoon, Johnny was taking a walk in the farm when he saw an old goat slowly walking in front of him. He ran up to him and laughingly said, "Old goat, old goat, you are so slow. If the big bad wolf should come from the forest, you will not escape in time!"

The Old goat angrily said, " Nonsense, who says I do not run fast?"

"Well, then try to catch me! If you can catch me, I will apologize." Saying that, Johnny ran off ahead.

The old goat madly followed Johnny but within moments was left behind. He even fell into a ditch, wetting himself. When Johnny turned around, he could not help but laugh loudly.

"Old goat, just admit that you have lost! I am off to have some fun!" Johnny leaped over the fence and out of the farm.

Johnny ran and ran across the green grass, smugly thinking to himself , "he he, I run so fast. No animal can compare with me."

Just then, a wild horse ran past him like the wind and disappeared within moments. Johnny was shocked, "Huh? I have to catch up with him." He followed the hoof-prints into a forest. There he saw the wild horse chewing grass.

"Hey! I want to race with you. Do you dare to compete with me?" said Johnny.

The wild horse said,"Fine. If you insist, then let's complete."

Excitedly, Johnny said, " When I count to three, we will start running. Ready, one, two, three!"

Johnny took off running on three. Just as he was so satisfied for being ahead, the wild horse san past him like a rocket. Johnny blinked his eyes, looked carefully and realized that the wild horse had already run ahead of him. Johnny used all his strength to catch up, but ended up with a mouth of dust. Soon, the wild horse was no where in sight.

"How can that be? None of the old goat or the donkey in the farm could beat me. I can't believe that the wild horse actually runs faster than me! If other animals should find out, they will laugh at me....."Johnny though sadly. It was getting late and Johnny headed back to the farm.

The old goat called out,"Johnny, wait for a moment. I have something to say to you. I saw you lost the race badly to the wild horse from Happy Forest. But don't worry. I won't tell the other animals. I just come to give you an advice: The world is a big place. You are still young and there are many things that you have not experienced. So you should listen and learn more. You should never bee too self-satisfied!"

Johnny became very ashamed of himself and said,"I'm sorry, old goat. I have been too arrogant and have been rude to you......"

"It's all right. I hope you will think about my advice." said the old goat.

Johnny thought, " Ah! I have finally learned my lesson. From now on, I have to be modest and never be arrogant again."