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Speaker 2: Huh there you are, Bailey?
Speaker 3: Oh hi, Allehandro.
Speaker 4: What are you doing.
Speaker 2: Washing Sunny up here? Isn't there a washtyle in the barn?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 6: There is, but this building used to be our barn,
Speaker 6: and it's worth Sunny and I started out together.
Speaker 7: Okay, I don't know.
Speaker 6: I just thought it might be good for us to
Speaker 6: start over or something, and I really needed to clear
Speaker 6: my head.
Speaker 4: You know, Hm, you must be pretty stressed out deciding
Speaker 4: what to do with Wilder.
Speaker 6: Like I said, trying not to think about it right now,
Speaker 6: I'm just focusing on grooming my horse and having some peace.
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, sorry, I get it though. I've heard about
Speaker 4: the healing powers of horses.
Speaker 7: Really.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's called coherent heart rates. Their hearts have big
Speaker 4: electromagnetic fields and if reduce the stress if you're near them.
Speaker 6: Huh did you learn that in psych class movie?
Speaker 2: I can remember.
Speaker 8: It's kind of cool, though.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it looks like you and Sonny are doing better together.
Speaker 4: She's not walking away and you don't even have her
Speaker 4: tied up.
Speaker 6: Well, I trained her to ground tie and it's hot today.
Speaker 6: She's enjoying the.
Speaker 2: Bath ground tie.
Speaker 6: What's that if the lead ropes on the ground, she
Speaker 6: stands like she's still tied.
Speaker 2: Oh cool?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 4: So so oh I actually came to find you because
Speaker 4: your mom needs you.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, she said, the farrowing has started.
Speaker 3: Oh oh, why didn't you stay that first? I've gotta go.
Speaker 8: Can you take Sonny back to her pasture?
Speaker 2: Sure? But it is everything? Okay, what's a farrowing.
Speaker 3: Biona's having her piglet.
Speaker 4: Oh oh wow, o piglets. I guess that is pretty
Speaker 4: important to us. Sonny, Okay, let's go go.
Speaker 7: Look she just had another one, Dad. That makes ten
Speaker 7: so far.
Speaker 2: Come see.
Speaker 9: Huh no, thank you, Shannon. I'm just in here getting
Speaker 9: the part for the tractor.
Speaker 7: Oh, come on, Dad, this is exciting. Where's Bailey? She's
Speaker 7: missing it.
Speaker 9: I don't know why you girls always insist on being
Speaker 9: an audience to this each year. You already know Fiona
Speaker 9: knows what she's doing. There's nothing you can do.
Speaker 7: I like to be close by just in case. And
Speaker 7: aren't the cute m.
Speaker 3: I'm here, I'm here.
Speaker 8: I got your message, missus Cooper. Where are they?
Speaker 7: And here? Zoe?
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, they are so good.
Speaker 7: See she gets it.
Speaker 9: You all have fun with that. Blake and I are
Speaker 9: gonna fix the tractor and get the Baylor tuned up.
Speaker 9: You might say that's a better use of the day
Speaker 9: since we're harvesting soon.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I hear you, But this is tradition. If
Speaker 7: Bailey would hurry up and get here, here she.
Speaker 9: Comes now faster than lightning.
Speaker 8: I just heard how many she had so far.
Speaker 7: Already ten any issues? Are they all okay? No trouble.
Speaker 7: They are all doing well so far. Fiona's a pro.
Speaker 5: Well look at them all all crawling all in the hay.
Speaker 8: Does she usually have so many? Yeah, she's a good sound.
Speaker 8: She had thirteen piglets a couple of years ago.
Speaker 3: Wow, they're so little and squirmy. Oh, this is definitely
Speaker 3: a Montana moment. I have to take pictures.
Speaker 6: Look, mom, that one has black spots, just like Shrek.
Speaker 7: I like the big one that's already figured out how
Speaker 7: to nurse. See there.
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, you would like him. He looks like mister Porcupants.
Speaker 7: I'm sure he'll live up to that name. Look at him.
Speaker 5: Go oh he's a hungry little biggie m.
Speaker 7: Oh. Speaking of hungry Bailey, I noticed that Wilder is
Speaker 7: out of hay and has eaten every blade of grass
Speaker 7: within reach around the round pen.
Speaker 8: I know I'll give him more hay.
Speaker 6: It's been hard to keep up with his appetite the
Speaker 6: past couple of days.
Speaker 7: It means he's feeling a lot better though.
Speaker 6: Yeah it's good, but I hope Doctor Forrest will let
Speaker 6: him have grain after she checks him tomorrow.
Speaker 7: Are we going to be needing to give him grain.
Speaker 8: Though, Bailey, I know what you're getting out. Mom.
Speaker 6: Can we just enjoy the farrowing.
Speaker 7: I'm just asking. I promise I won't offer advice unless
Speaker 7: you want it. I can just be a sounding board.
Speaker 6: You're right, it's just I don't want to think about
Speaker 6: the possibility of Wilder leaving. But it's also hard to
Speaker 6: imagine the wild herd I've been watching for years all
Speaker 6: left without a stallion.
Speaker 7: It's a tough situation. You and Wilder are really bonding,
Speaker 7: and you're right that herd needs a stallion.
Speaker 8: I just can't believe the gray stallion died.
Speaker 7: It is a bit of a shock not to see
Speaker 7: him up there.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I've just been well shocked. It's I'm
Speaker 6: sad he's gone, but I'm angry that it's kind of
Speaker 6: messing up my plans. And then I feel guilty for
Speaker 6: being mad.
Speaker 7: You know, I understand. It's good that you understand what
Speaker 7: you're feeling, though, and it's okay to feel that way.
Speaker 6: Wow, we actually had a conversation about feelings and without
Speaker 6: a no homework bribe.
Speaker 7: You can blame it on the piglets.
Speaker 8: Seriously, Bailee, these piglets are powerful.
Speaker 3: I could sit here all day. Yeah, it's the cutest distraction.
Speaker 5: Uh huh, oh, but tell me more about no homework, Rice, Go.
Speaker 10: Ahead and crank it, Matto, all right, that sounds good.
Speaker 10: Looks like everything's ready for harveston in a few days time.
Speaker 9: You sure you don't want to call in any more
Speaker 9: farmhands to help out?
Speaker 11: Nah, I'm here and that Alejandro kid's a quick study.
Speaker 9: He's sure taken a liking to farming. But from the
Speaker 9: sound of it, his dad may not be too pleased.
Speaker 11: Oh yeah, I'm not sure this is what his dad
Speaker 11: had in mind when he said Alexandra could work for me.
Speaker 9: Ah, he wanted him working with the rodeo team, then.
Speaker 11: M particularly the business side of things.
Speaker 9: Well, muckin' stall sure is different from talking to horse
Speaker 9: buyers and investors, that's for sure.
Speaker 11: I hope it hasn't caused any trouble for him.
Speaker 9: Not sure. Trouble is what you'd call it. Children grow
Speaker 9: and have to eventually find their own path in the world,
Speaker 9: and as you know, that can be uncomfortable for their parents.
Speaker 11: I sure do. First with Connor giving up the rodeo
Speaker 11: for his grand idea, and now with Bailey.
Speaker 9: But you and Connor got to the other side, even
Speaker 9: if just for a short while, and what you're doing
Speaker 9: in his memory, it's proof that minds and hearts change.
Speaker 11: I just hope Bailey finds her way. She's been through
Speaker 11: so much and she's still so young, and now with
Speaker 11: this wild Stallion she's attached to. If she sends him
Speaker 11: back out of the range, I just know it'll rusher.
Speaker 9: You can think Wilder would fit into what you've got planned.
Speaker 11: I don't know, maybe, but I hate to see her hurting,
Speaker 11: and I just want to make everything all right for
Speaker 11: he you know.
Speaker 9: I know exactly how you feel. I have a daughter too,
Speaker 9: you know. But you can't fix this for her. All
Speaker 9: we can do is help her find her way through.
Speaker 11: I'm gonna need to talk to her today. She's been quiet,
Speaker 11: and doctor Forest will want a plan for the wild Stallion.
Speaker 9: Tomorrow she'll be in the barn a while, I expect.
Speaker 11: I know, I know the farrowing haven't seen Shannon all day.
Speaker 11: Piglets are definitely too high a priority around here.
Speaker 9: Come on, Rocky, get up. There's one last slice of
Speaker 9: apple pie calling my name. I'll share.
Speaker 2: Oh man, I gotta go back to school. Tomorrow.
Speaker 7: Me too.
Speaker 8: But this was the best spring break ever.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: It was pretty great, wasn't it. The kids at my
Speaker 4: school may not agree.
Speaker 8: Why did they all go on trips to the beach
Speaker 8: or something.
Speaker 2: We're like trips to Europe or Australia.
Speaker 8: Wow, you must go to a fancy school.
Speaker 2: Mainly just fancy people.
Speaker 5: So do you think you'll come back to the Cooper's farm.
Speaker 4: Yeah, mister Cooper hired me to help harvest the hayfields
Speaker 4: this week.
Speaker 3: Oh good, I mean good, good for you.
Speaker 4: That's nice, and I offered to help when doctor Forrest
Speaker 4: comes tomorrow. Has Bailey said anything to you about whether
Speaker 4: she's going to try to keep Wilder?
Speaker 5: No, but she needs to figure it out. I'm a
Speaker 5: little worried about them both.
Speaker 2: Hey kids, Hello, Oh hi, mister Cooper.
Speaker 11: Alejandro, don't tell me you got cut up watching the
Speaker 11: farrowing with the girls.
Speaker 4: Oh no, sir, I was just sweeping out the barn
Speaker 4: and dumping feed.
Speaker 2: Yeah, just barn.
Speaker 8: Chores, sure, Alejandro.
Speaker 11: Well, mostly I'm just messing with you. Those squeakers are
Speaker 11: as cute as can be. Is Bailey still in there
Speaker 11: with them?
Speaker 2: No, sir, she went to feed while they're more.
Speaker 11: Hay, thank you. You two heading home now?
Speaker 8: Yes, school starts back tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I'm supposed to have research notes for a
Speaker 4: paper and cyclass. I think I'm going to write about hippotherapy.
Speaker 8: Hippo therapy.
Speaker 7: Hmm.
Speaker 8: Your school is fancy.
Speaker 4: He posts is Latin for horse zoe. It's therapy with horses.
Speaker 8: Oh, I knew that. See you tomorrow.
Speaker 6: Here you go, wilder. H I got you the good stuff,
Speaker 6: orchard grass. Come on over.
Speaker 8: That's a good boy. That's right. How about a scratch
Speaker 8: on the head? Good boy?
Speaker 6: You like that, don't you?
Speaker 11: Wow, Bailey, you've really gotten close to him, haven't you.
Speaker 3: Hi?
Speaker 6: Dad, Yeah, he's trusting me more, and I think he's
Speaker 6: feeling a lot better.
Speaker 11: Hey there, buddy, watch it there with those teeth. Okay, okay,
Speaker 11: I'll step back.
Speaker 6: Sorry, Dad, he's a little grumpier than normal.
Speaker 11: It's all right. Yeah. I can see he's been pacing
Speaker 11: around the pen too, all on the east side, toward
Speaker 11: the wild horse range.
Speaker 6: Dad, I know what everyone's been thinking. But I don't
Speaker 6: want to give him up, not yet. Any wild horse
Speaker 6: has a little trouble at first, right.
Speaker 11: I would guess so, But this new territory. For me,
Speaker 11: breeding and training young horses is much different than what
Speaker 11: you and Connor had planned to do here with these
Speaker 11: wild horses.
Speaker 6: Connor had it all figured out. We were going to
Speaker 6: have the money for trainers and equipment and everything. I
Speaker 6: wish he was here to help me. I don't know
Speaker 6: what to do.
Speaker 11: What if you had all that, would you still think
Speaker 11: it's best for Wilder to stay off the range and
Speaker 11: get trained?
Speaker 7: What are you saying, Dad?
Speaker 6: I don't think he'd fit in at your training barn.
Speaker 8: I don't want him to be a bronc.
Speaker 11: No, not that. What if I told you Connor did
Speaker 11: submit the grant proposal? After all, he did.
Speaker 6: He submitted our grant, but that would have been after
Speaker 6: he was already in the hospital.
Speaker 11: I know your mam, and I helped him. We changed
Speaker 11: a few things in the details and submitted it almost
Speaker 11: a year ago.
Speaker 6: Oh wait, why are you telling me this now, Bailey?
Speaker 11: I just heard back that it was accepted. You've got
Speaker 11: the grant for the wild Horse Sanctuary.
Speaker 8: That's incredible. I can't believe it. Why didn't you say anything.
Speaker 11: We really didn't think it'd be accepted. We're pretty surprised ourselves.
Speaker 8: But wait, Connor was nineteen.
Speaker 3: I'm not old enough to run it well.
Speaker 11: I designated myself as the CEO for now really died.
Speaker 11: I'll manage it and teach you how to take over
Speaker 11: when you're ready.
Speaker 8: I just can't believe it. But what about the rodeo
Speaker 8: team and the circuit.
Speaker 11: I've decided to take a step back from some of
Speaker 11: my responsibilities. A grant comes with a good stipend, and
Speaker 11: I can still manage the breeding and training barn locally.
Speaker 7: But you love the rodeo.
Speaker 3: You can't give up something you love just for me.
Speaker 11: Of course I can, sweetie. I got started on a
Speaker 11: new path when we found out about your brother's cancer,
Speaker 11: and this past month has made it more clear than
Speaker 11: ever that I belong here with you all. So what
Speaker 11: do you say? Will you be my partner and help
Speaker 11: me run the Connor Cooper wild Horse Sanctuary?
Speaker 3: Yes, Dad, I know I keep saying this, but I
Speaker 3: just can't believe it.
Speaker 8: Thank you.
Speaker 11: No, you gotta not me over, kiddo.
Speaker 8: Connor would be so happy.
Speaker 11: Oh, Bailey, Cakes, don't cry.
Speaker 8: I think I'm crying because I'm happy.
Speaker 11: That's good, baby, I want you to be happy. Connor
Speaker 11: would want you to be happy too.
Speaker 7: I know he would.
Speaker 8: This is the best gift ever.
Speaker 11: We should go find your mom. It was actually her
Speaker 11: idea to go ahead and submit it.
Speaker 2: Wow.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll meet you at the house. I want to
Speaker 6: write this down in my journal first.
Speaker 11: Okay, sure, thanks, sweetie, see you in a minute.
Speaker 6: You're not Wilder, Wilder, Oh, Wilder, Dear Connor, It's finally happening.
Speaker 6: Our crazy dream of helping the wild horses is finally
Speaker 6: coming true, and Dad's going to be home. It kind
Speaker 6: of feels like you're here again, fixing everything.
Speaker 7: There's no way.
Speaker 8: This could have happened without you.
Speaker 9: Oh.
Speaker 6: I feel like my heart is going to burst with
Speaker 6: emotions sadness, joy, fear, excitement all at once. But I'm okay,
Speaker 6: and I think I know what I'm going to do
Speaker 6: with Wilder.