As I do my daily grazing, my thoughts travel back to a simpler time.
All the Stark children loved me and would come out to pet me while I grazed in the fields with my mother. My mother was strict with me. There was a time for grazing and a time for walking. I kept to a strict schedule.
This was a time when Ned Stark was alive and Cat Stark was present. Of course, Jon Snow's existence was always a problem. Jon and Mama Stark did not get along or see eye to eye. I guess that was because she wasn't his mama. Ned went off to fight and came back with baby Jon. Jon fit right in with the Stark children though. Now, he's off in the Night's Watch fighting monsters and doing God knows what. I miss him and Arraya most of all the children. I miss Brandon too and how he used to ride upon me.
This all changed when King Robert and the Lannisters rode into town. One day Ned was teaching his children the ways of the world and the next he was forced off to Westeros to be the hand of the King.
He came out to talk to me about it in the pasture one day.
"Hooves, I don't want to do it," he said.
"Moo," I replied, thinking that if I were him I wouldn't want to do it, either. He had a nice life here in the pasture. Nice and settled. Going off to Westeros would pose dangers that even I could not imagine at the time.
Ned was very much beloved by his wife and children, inspite of having the bastard son.
You see, Ned was a person whose word could be trusted. He never would have done something sneaky or underhanded. Of course, he had a bastard son, but that was something that most of the men of a certain stature did. I don't really understand why, but there you are.
I don't like people who deceive. I think it catches up to them in the long run. I like to do my best each day and know that was the case. If I do that, I can let it all go and not worry about it. The Gods will see me through as I am good of heart and trustworthy.
Somehow, it helps to reminisce about things and how they have changed in my world. I wish I could turn back time and make all the Starks happy once again. Of course, that is a dream. They were never all completely happy. Still, I'd like to try.
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