The other day I was cheerfully pedalling up a steep incline when my gears slipped from first to seventh, causing me to fall gracefully to the ground rapidly followed by the bike! I picked myself up and said a few "words of thanks", like fucking bastard etc, then fixed the problem. Then I noticed four horses ( maybe apocalytic breed I'm not sure) looking at me. So I decided to go & stroke them so as to dissipate my worsening mood. As I stood there the boldest horse put its nose right against mine & started sort of inhaling my breath, so I did it back - it kind of strangely pleasant!