Well this morning Mama decided to take me alone and walk around our circle. Now that seemed unreasonable to me. I let her know I didn't want to go anywhere away from my new home without my horse friends and just stopped and backed up. A lot. She asked me to turn and go back out the driveway and I had to show her again that I didn't like to do that. So I backed up again. A lot. I also tossed my head really high to emphasize that I was serious about that and wouldn't turn either way. (Backing up gets you out of a lot of things you don't want to do.) At least I thought it did. Dad and Mom decided I should be lead first away from home without a rider. Well, I backed up. A lot. Dad then said if I wanted to back up he would have me back up all the way down the drive. After a while I was kind of glad to go forward. It took a while, but I started to learn that I am expected to walk anywhere my people say I should, whether other horses are with me or not. How odd. So I had my first lesson in "going away." I am lucky that Dad and Mom are firm but kind. I have heard stories of horses who have had bad experiences with learning new things. I was afraid that if I left, I might not ever get to come home and see my friends again!. Later I asked Ace and Cloud about it. They said humans have a lot of weird ideas that don't make sense, but that you really do get to come home and see your friends afterward. So I will try to remember that next time.