How To Be A Good Dad

Jill said "a musician friend of mine came riding last holiday season. I gave a riding lesson gift to his wife and daughter, but he was paying his own way in so as to be a part of the family fun! You can't believe how long a 3yr old lasted in the cold, the whole hour, before she started crying! She was my charge while the adults had a lesson from the head coach."

Her first timer friend finally got the posting rhythm. His teacher was focused on the other adult, his partner. When he got it for a second and Jill saw she couldn't help herself "hey, you got it!" she and the child grinned at him. So, he trotted over by Jill and the kid and asked "Can I take a rest?"

Jill did not answer at first and then finally said "I dunno, ask YOUR teacher."

She had just been insisting maggie pat the pony again even though she was afraid. Jill expected HER to listen to her teacher...

So he went round a few more times and then finally shyly asked if he could please walk.

She acknowledged his question only after he trotted round a few more times. Then she said "okay, now rest." Meanwhile, the experienced rider of the family was cantering round and around on a cadillac with a grin a mile wide.

Jill was using his aptitude as an arguement that all musicians take to riding easily and Jill's dad who had carpooled her that day, summed it all up later by saying he thought mr. musician seemed like a pretty good dad.