It was the pain in her breasts, which woke her. Of course, there were no mirrors, but she could both feel and see the rings at her nipples and feel that through her nose well enough to be convinced of their reality. She was housed with the animals. No-one spoke to her; they would draw her along at the end of a leash, they treated her like an animal, they took her to a veterinary surgeon, and today was she to be shod like a draught animal.

These thoughts were in her mind when Blaise entered. He examined the scabs over her breast and nasal holes. He was obviously satisfied for, without waiting, it was to her nose ring that he fixed her leash to lead her out. As was now usual, morning and evening, he took her along to deal with her needs. Louise now knew what was required of her and as soon as she arrived at the dedicated site, and without even waiting for him to leave her, she parted her legs and relieved herself. Then he brought her back to the courtyard and used the hosepipe on her.

Once she was clean he brought out a certain number of items of equipment and called a stable lad to help him. Here were the items that would make her into a true filly!

Out came a pair of boots of flexible black leather, laced, into which he placed her feet. These boots strongly supported Louise’s feet and ankles, and maintained them strongly arched. But they had above all, two characteristics: First of all they were similar to high-heeled shoes, but they did not have heels! The foot was maintained strongly arched without the heel being able to be pressed on the ground. Then the soles of the boots widened to finish in a kind of horse’s hoof with shod soles.

Thus when the girl wore them, she was obliged to lean forward and to bend her knees a little in order to keep her balance on the shoe. This position was uncomfortable to begin with but the girl soon became accustomed to it, for the width of the shoe ensured that if the girl adopted the correct posture, good balance was guaranteed. Moreover, this leaning forward position on the ball of the foot meant that all the muscular power was concentrated on the shoe and allowed the girl to maintain a good pace when trotting, or even when galloping.

Attaching a long line to the Louise’s nose-ring, Blaise made her walk beside him. He saw that she had a little difficulty in maintaining her balance but she would exercise and by evening, she would be used to the boots.

He then brought her to the exercise ring. It was necessary for him to teach her the fundamental orders. He would see whether she learnt quickly.

He placed the girl at the edge of the ring and stood himself at the centre, giving a good distance for using the lunge attached to Louise’s nose. He then took a long whip, which he cracked several time above the girl’s head.

She was waiting, understanding that he wanted something of her. Then suddenly the whip cracked on her buttocks and Blaise shouted: "Trot!”

The girl squealed and started to run, only to stop three meters further on. Blaise shouted again, at the same time striking struck her rump with the whip again. She set out again more quickly and started to run, this time without stopping, all the way round the exercise ring, at an unsteady pace because she was unused to her new shoes.

Nevertheless, Blaise thus made her make two turns around the ring and then shouted "Whoa!" At the same time the whip struck her breasts. The girl slowed down but continued however, a little disturbed. He cried again and struck her bosom again with the whip. She stopped, out of breath. Blaise then left the ring, after pushing a small carrot into her mouth as a reward.

When he returned a little later, he shouted again. The girl understood and began to trot. He stopped her. Then made her begin again. The girl had learnt the orders. He continued the exercise letting the girl get used to trotting. He also taught her the difference between “Walk” and “Trot”. Blaise judged the work fairly good: she did not yet cut a particularly impressive figure. Leaning forward and with her cuffed arms waving up and down behind her to preserve her balance, her large breasts bouncing, she still had much to learn before appearing in public. He let her trot round for another ten minutes, so he could see that she was used to it. Then he let her catch her breath again while he went to seek out two other lunges.

When he returned, he fixed the additional lunges one to each of her nipple rings then made her walk again. He held the central lunge, fixed to her nose in one hand, and in the other the lunges connected to her breasts. As she walked he gave a sharp tug on the left rein: the girl yelped a cry of pain and, naturally veered to the left. A new tug, this time on the right rein, a new cry and the girl veered to the right. He pulled successively, first on the one and then on the other rein, each time producing a cry from the girl, for the wounds from the fixing of the rings to her nipples were still fresh, but the girl quickly learned to obey the pull of the reins, a short tug on the two at the same time causing her to walk in a straight line.

The training lasted nearly three hours, interrupted, every half-hour, for a short pause, so that the girl could rest. Nevertheless by the end of the morning, she had acquired the fundamentals required of a pony girl.

Chantal came along to inspect for herself the course of Louise’s education and to pass an expert eye over the progress of the girl. Blaise was satisfied. He showed it to Louise by giving her a little delicacy and by patting her bottom. Then he took her to the hosepipe jet to clean her of the dust and sweat and to refresh her. He also rubbed a salve on to her breasts, as the nipples had swollen and reddened around the piercings and rings under the effect of the tugs on them. Lastly, having fixed her to a stake in the adjacent meadow, he let her rest.