Juan

In Uruguay, I met Juan who works at the stables and helps me to care for my horse. My horse’s name is Lafe [Fate] and she is really easy and quiet to ride. Every day I help Juan to saddle my horse, and we ride to the lagoon. The view is very special, especially during the sunset.  

Juan is from Argentina and he knows a lot about horses, and he tells me stories from when he worked in his country. Once he had an accident with one of the horses, but nothing serious.  He only hurt his shoulders, falling from the horse and after that he never fell from a horse again. 

Juan speaks only Spanish. I can understand when he talks to me, but I feel badly because I can’t talk to him. I can spell in Spanish but he has not seen me spell. 
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He invited me to visit him in Argentina; he goes back there after the summer is over. My horse stays here (with the other 5 horses that we own), living off our land during the winter. They eat grass and drink water from the lagoon, and roam freely in our big fenced area.