the marvelous story of Maggie magpie

Lets start from the beginning. For quite some years now, Lauren shares a barn down here in wellyworld with fellow GP rider Jeffery Welles. Each winter, Lauren flies her horses in from Europe and Jeffery's horses come down from New York. All the same this year except for an additional little princes who came down with Jeffery's horses this year; Maggie. A tiny, round, adorable miniature horse with an attitude at least twice her size. (Gareth and Jeffery rescued her) I say round because Maggie megpie was not particularly skinny. So the little one got put on a suiting little diet and all was good. Except for the fact that she just wouldn't loose that roundness. I mean, she got in shape and everything just that belly..! A few weeks ago, the breaking news came thru.. Poor little Maggie wasn't round from grass & grain; she was carrying a baby!!! Excitement filled the barn as everyone pictured a baby Maggie. That would for sure be he cutest thing ever. But along came the worries.. Miniature horses are famous for having lots of issues giving birth, it's not uncommon for the mum or the foal to not make it thru. Besides, nobody had (and still hasn't!) a clue who, or rather what, got her pregnant! Specialists were contacted and plans were made. Things got a little more relaxed when (last week) they said it would be at least 3 to 4 more weeks. Phew, enough time to set up a baby camera in the stall etc etc. s
So, Thursday morning started just like any other day. It was still early, around 8.30, and we were all finishing up the stalls and Jeffery and some others just got on their first horses of the day. Now, before I continue I should mention the following in case you don't know Jeffery.. Sometimes, when something goes wrong, Jeffery can get a little.. worried. This usually happens when their lovely English bull is about to eat someone or so and in that occasional event, he will yell. Mostly for Gareth or Patrice to come to the rescue but that's not the point. The point is the yelling. Jeffery manages to scream in a way you think someone is getting seriously hurt. (Or that Mavis is already halfway thru someone's leg.) well, this Thursday morning I was listening to my iPod inside the barn and suddenly I heard Jeffery scream. I automatically dropped everything I was holding (in this case a pitchfork and the bars of the wheelbarrow) and ran outside the stall pulling out my earplugs. Jeffery was screaming even harder now, for Gareth, Patrice and even just 'somebody' to get out there. The scary part was that he was also screaming for someone to call the vet. Well, I, together with everybody else in the barn, ran outside fearing the worst. Who knew we would find right about the cutest sight ever out there in the paddock?! Right there in the paddock stood little Maggie.. With a little foal coming out..!! We were all watching in complete awe. She knew exactly what to do and everything was going so perfect! To hell with problematic births and possible casualties, Magpie was doing great!! A little bit later we could welcome the newest addiction to the triton family! Beautiful TINY Nutmeg, welcome to the world! I'm sure Gareth, auntie Patrice and obviously Jeffery will take care of you in the very best way they can :)