The Horse and the Stag fabel - rewritten by me :)

A race takes place

At the willow today,

Between Stag and Horse

One brilliant, one brave.

Into the meadow,

Across the stream,

Around the bridge,

And back again.

Your mark, set, go!

Fox made it a scene.

All cheered for Stag,

Yet Horse took the lead.

Around the first bend

Laid a fallen tree.

Stopped Horse in his Tracks

While Stag took the leap.

Horse caught up

With anger and power.

He barged into the stream

But Stag sailed over.

They made their way

Around the last bend

Stag sailed over the tree

Horse went around again.

In the final stretch,

Stag took the lead

Everyone cheered

While Horse stood angry.

Stag got Lila,

The girl of Horse’s dreams.

So he walked away in shame

Without saying a thing.

Then he saw a strange man

“Hello sir, what are you doing here?

Looking for some dinner?”

Horse asked with a sneer.

Horse told his story

Of Stag and all.

“But that is such a long walk.”

The man said to stall.

“Oh, I can take you

To this evil deer.”

“I’ll ride on your back

Only if I can steer.”

A moment waned on

As Horse hesitated to think

But said “anything you want.”

With his freedom at stake.

The steel bit was cold

In Horse’s tender mouth.

The man saddled him up

And the pair headed South.

When Horse saw Stag,

He took a quiet step back.

Hidden by the brush,

The man aimed at the buck.

When all was done,

He took the man to his kill.

Horse had finally won

And asked the man to remove his steel.

The man just smiled,

And to Horse’s horror he replied,

“Your new name is Lyle.

Now help me get my dinner back to site.

“Revenge will harness you,

As I am now enslaved

By the same bit of evil

From the deed I did that day.”