The horse started stomping on the casket. As the lid splintered, everybody caught the sound of something wailing….

He didn’t care what the other man had to say. This poor foal was coming home with him. Eventually, the owner agreed.

He didn’t put up much of a fight anyway, but warned that Salim had better not return asking for his money back when the young horse eventually died. Salim agreed, and they quickly brought out the young horse from the farm, which lay with a sad look on its face. They loaded up the horse on Salim’s truck and soon they were on their way to Salim’s farm, just on the outskirts of the town.

The first thing Salim did was call a vet to look at the foal. Although he knew about taking care of them, it was clear that the poor thing would need medical help. The veterinarian asked that Salim bring the foal to his vet center, several miles away from his farm outside the town.

Salim was determined to help the foal survive. It didn’t matter that the vet was far away. He drove his truck to the veterinarian, where they would find some answers to his questions.

After looking at the horse and running a few tests, he sighed deeply. The poor horse would likely not make it to adulthood. In fact, it would be surprising if it made it past a few months and, by a miracle, maybe even a year or two with careful attention and patience.

Salim said he was prepared to pay as much patient attention to the foal as he could, no matter how short they said his life would be. The passionate farm owner worked hard to make the foal comfortable and happy. Salim named the horse Kala.

Although the vet said it would take a miracle for Kala to live a year or two, the first year passed. Then the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth. After just five years, Kala had shocked everyone who knew his story.

That feeble, sickly little foal had grown into a stunning, majestic steed. He was strong, fast, energetic, and super playful. He was so attached to Salim that the farm owner’s farm help and his family joked that the horse probably thought Salim was his real dad.

The horse followed Salim everywhere, staring at him with love in his eyes. Salim liked to joke that he cared for Kala so hard that the horse had no choice but to stay alive and healthy. Unfortunately, Salim became very sick a few years after.

He became so sick that he couldn’t tend to the animals on the farm as well as before. His wife and kids took up the job while he supervised and did the little he could. Of course, Kala was not like the rest of the animals on the farm…