Gone for Good

A horse stands in the middle of a field.
His owner hasn’t visited him for days.
The horse whinnies for his oats, his water, his blanket.
On the fifth day, the horse begins running in a circle around the field, following the fence that encloses the area.
               In one giant leap, the horse clears the wooden fence and heads down the hill away from the field and toward the neighbor’s house.
               He runs past the ‘Free Horse’ sign stuck in the ground next to the fence.