It’s the riders that irritate me. Riding naked and bareback would be extremely painful, my horseback-riding students tell me. And riding without gear takes incredible discipline and practice for both horse and rider. This irritation seems consistent with what you describe that keeps you lingering over the story. It doesn’t lead me to reject the story but to keep circling it to see what it tells me this time.
It’s the riders that irritate me. Riding naked and bareback would be extremely painful, my horseback-riding students tell me. And riding without gear takes incredible discipline and practice for both horse and rider. This irritation seems consistent with what you describe that keeps you lingering over the story. It doesn’t lead me to reject the story but to keep circling it to see what it tells me this time.
Yes, so many of the little particulars of the story catch your attention like that. It’s quite vivid and specific for being a parable