A Horse's Humble Wish: To Try Cake
By
The Onion Staff
Crackles when you bite it. Shows the baker did the work.
Summary
A humorous first-person narrative from the perspective of a horse who works hard pulling heavy things and carrying humans, but dreams of trying cake—a food he associates with human celebrations. The horse reflects on his simple diet of hay and oats and expresses a simple, earnest desire for something different.
Key quotes
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The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.
I am thinking I would like to try cake.
When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47.
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