"This is bad. This is really bad. 'It hurts, doesn't it? It's just for a while,'" I pat Princess's head and hear her neigh softly, smoothing her brown fur with my palms. She caught a cold and has to be isolated before it spreads. Her constant whining and neighing show her dislike towards the idea. "Let's give it five days," I reassure her. She neighs loudly as she takes her head out of my embrace, and I pull her back. "Okay, four days." She sends me a look that says, "Seriously?" I shrug. She gruffs and turns away from me, swishing my face with her tail as she makes her way further into her new stable. "Okay, okay. Three days." She still doesn't look back, so I bring out my secret weapon - an apple. I throw the apple over to her. She feigns ignorance, and I pretend to leave. After a few

