El Gato, The Magical Dancing Horse

One bright, sunny day in April a very special white colt was born. Some say his birth was foretold by the ancients. Others say magic had entered into his existence, for this particular white foal had an aura about him. When he was born, the kingdom of fairies and woodland sprites presented him with a mystical gift. A gift he would later use to go onto do things no other horse has ever done. For you see, this tiny baby was so very special that fantasy and magic would follow him throughout his entire life.

The fairies called their little beauty …. El Gato …. “The Cat”.…Because he was so agile and swift and while playing he would sometimes take on the warlike aspect of a lion. The ancient ones believed that cats were special angels sent from heaven to guide humans through their journey. They believed that their little one …. El Gato ….. was put on earth to do just that. so they gave him his unique name to foretell his future. He was incredibly brave and yet still extraordinarily kind. This was good because he desperately needed this bravery in order to defeat the wickedness he would encounter as he continued through his journey of life. El Gato could do anything. The fairies and sprites raised him as an exalted soul.

As El Gato grew he continued to nurture his special gift and started to understand what he was put on Earth to do. He travelled around to many different human owners and each one agreed that he wasn’t like other horses. He wouldn’t settle down with any of those humans. He knew they weren’t who he was meant to be with to complete his daunting mission so he did whatever he could to find the human he was supposed to be with. He was naughty and incredibly mischeivious with all of them so they wouldn’t want him around…until one day … he met her ….

One magical day he was introduced to an enchanting girl whose hair matched his. The two instantly forged a bond that could never be broken. Once they were together everything seemed right with the world and this special girl agreed to care for El Gato’s every need for the rest of his life It was at this time the fairies gave El Gato the spiritual ability to communicate and talk to this one special human being. Her name was Miss Kelly Christine.

Miss Kelly loved El Gato and he loved her. Miss Kelly quickly saw that El Gato had a special gift and was able to lift little childrens spirits when he pranced in front of them. El Gato also loved it when the little children would laugh and clap so he learned how to do simple little tricks to entertain them. Sometimes he would even see the adults smiling and clapping when he would do fancy movements to the music and silly tricks. Little did Miss Kelly know that while El Gato was performing his dancing ‘magic’, he was actually REALLY spreading magical cheer that was silently defeating the demons, trolls, and other evil creatures in the fairy realm. For this was the special gift that El Gato had been given by the kingdom of fairies and sprites on the day he was born. The ability to spread happiness and cheer to defeat depression and sadness brought on by evil creatures from the other realm.

After El Gato whispered to Kelly and told her what he secret gift was and that he could really see these evil, horrid beings and was able to defeat them with his magical dancing, Kelly decided to take El Gato out to spread his magic to everyone that needed happiness injected into their lives to defeat sadness everywhere.

They were quickly booked by several people to come dance and do tricks to make everyone laugh and be happy and to drive away downheartedness and gloom. Miss Kelly and El Gato would dress up in sparkly, elaborate costumes to please their audiences and to distract the evil creatures of the other realm until they could drive them away.

One day during their travels, they showed up at this unusually dark and desolate barn that looked like no one lived there. El Gato was incredibly uncomfortable and told Miss Kelly that he didn’t want to go inside. She reassured him that everything was going to be ok. It was obvious that the people who lived here were so very unhappy that their entire farm was overcast with sadness. There must be some terribly evil creatures living on this land causing this incredible darkness and gloom. If anyone needed El Gato’s magic, it was these people. He couldn’t back down now. This would be the fight of his life.

As they entered through the double doors of the barn, it was very silent. There was a party going on but the people inside were in such misery and despair that they could hardly smile or laugh any longer. Little did they know that a few years before this farm had been inhabited by trolls. The people living there didn’t know the trolls had moved in but they had sensed sadness and grief and an overall sense of doom and that is something that spreads very quickly. These people had now been overcome with desperation and terrible depression. The only one that could save them is El Gato, the magical Dancing Horse.

They had heard about El Gato and Miss Kelly and their ability to make everyone happy with their dancing and trick show so they had purposely put together a party and asked them to come help them rid their farm of this despair. They were helpless as they stood there not knowing what to do.

El Gato cannot speak to any human other than Miss Kelly but he can see and sense magical creatures from other realms that humans cannot. He instantly saw the trolls in the barn and knew the only way to defeat these miserable beings was to drive them far, FAR away from this farm so laughter and delight could once again prevail. The only thing that defeats sadness …. Is happiness. El Gato knew what he had to do. ….and he started dancing. And prancing. Spinning and jumping. Making everyone in the room happier and happier. Laughing and clapping ….El Gato danced for his life …. For the lives of these sad, sad people. ….until the darkness was finally shattered.

El Gato alone could hear the horrible screams of the trolls as they ran away with their hands over their ears…..for trolls can’t stand laughter. They will not live where there is happiness and glee. As the trolls ran further and further away from the farm, the brightness moved in and the people were so very happy. They giggled and laughed and clapped and El Gato danced and danced and as he danced everything was better.

The hosts of the party and owners of the farm could not thank El Gato and Miss Kelly enough for forever breaking the curse that the evil trolls had put on their farm. Miss Kelly explained to the people that they would need to continue to stay happy and joyous in order to keep the trolls away for good because it is so very easy for new families of trolls and other horrid creatures of sorrow to move in when sadness and despair take over any location. The people agreed to follow their words of advice and have regular parties and celebrations that bring smiles and laughter to everyone in order to keep the wicked spirits from returning.

El Gato and Miss Kelly Christine continue on their journey through life traveling from venue to venue … party to party …. Event to event …..looking to defeat those that live in the shadows. They have been chosen to conquer sadness by bringing smiles to children’s and adult’s faces. For only El Gato can see the evil from the other realm and only he, teamed up with his human riding partner, Miss Kelly, can rid the land of depression and gloom forever.