Tuptus

Tuptus is already one hoof in heaven, but he is still three here on earth. Still.

This one is shaking with fear for Tuptus’s life, because little ponies are very afraid of death. And Thumper is just such a little pony. I don’t know his story. I know he stood here with his mother and brother – but they are gone. After them, there are two stands and an empty space. In the barn there is only Thumper, shaking on all fours.

The trader grabs the rope and leads Tuptus outside. He says it’s his first time. He bought the mother and the foal, and she was in foal. She gave birth, and a moment later she fainted. The trader happened to have someone willing to fill two seats, so they loaded her and Tuptus’s brother lying down.

And he, the smallest, stayed. It didn’t fit. This may have saved his life, although the dealer says he didn’t know if he would survive. The trader’s wife fed him partly with a bottle, and for some he fought for his life on his own. They tried to put him with other nursing mares, but they all shooed him away because he was very weak. He fought for his life for many months. And when he finally won it and his first autumn came, it turned out that this autumn would be his last. In fact, he won’t even fully see it. The trader says that it has grown enough that it is worth slaughtering. That’s how it is. Everyone has their own goal. A trader’s goal is to reach a weight at which he will do the most. Thumper’s goals don’t count. He has no dreams. He has no desires.

He doesn’t count on anything. He stands at this position his whole life and takes every breath because each one may be his last. He stands alone. He probably doesn’t remember his mother or his brother anymore. And they are probably looking down on him and praying that at least he, out of the three of them, will succeed. And in fact, their prayers can only be answered by You.

Because it’s up to you today, Thumper’s life. You have the power to give life. Or not to give.

The trader waved his hand, cracked his whip twice, and drove Thumper inside. He said he didn’t care. That this little guy has more luck than sense, because the trader thinks that Thumper is stupid. He can’t do anything, he doesn’t do anything, he’s a freeloader. But he’s lucky because he survived, and everyone was sure he wouldn’t live to see one of the first mornings.

Please join the action.
Stand by Tuptus today!