For example: Being Lee's horse, he loved the General, so at Appomattox, he believed Lee was there to receive the Yankees' surrender. That kind of limited awareness made the book wonderful in my opinion.
I have heard of that book but I haven’t read it, will keep it in mind.
It would be a hard thing to do.
We read of animals doing heroic things in the news, mainly waking up their owners in case of fire.
I had an experience that I have never used, maybe will someday. I was helping a rancher neighbor sort cattle, on a green horse that had never handled cattle before -— I was pretty green myself -— and we were charged by a big mean red cow. Luckily she had no horns.
She lifted myself and the horse right up off our feet.
There was no way out since she was in a long alleyway. I turned the horse to her and started beating on her with my hat. My best hat!
She charged us again and got her head under the horse’s
belly and once again raised him off his feet. Both of us, into the air.
I asked him to turn and face her again -— he was trembling all over but he turned and went at her. He was shaking like a leaf. But he did it.
By this time the rancher came at a run with a rope and rescued us.
It was heroic, I think. Maybe I will use it someday.
My best hat was a wreck.