The next week during a break from exercises Wolf went to the stables to check out the new foal, his foal if and when Mary would let him close enough to do his job. Red had told him patience is a virtue when doing anything new with a horse, especially a mother and newborn, and more especially with Mary a first time mother. Red also told him that Mary would let him know when she was ready, and that obviously was not going to happen soon. For the time being Mary and the foal were kept in a separate field from the other horses.
Wolf continued to tend to Mary and the foal. After a few days they soon were playing a game where Mary would keep between Wolf and the foal and the foal would make end runs to get at Wolf and push him in the back. The foal who was bigger than Wolf nudged him fairly
