Kept 'Stourbridge'? That is where it happened, not what happened. Kept 'burned'? The fire burned the field after the horses were out. The rescue is the story.
This one really happened. On 13 August a wildfire spread fast near Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Women from Sugarloaf Equestrian Centre saw horses in a field in its path, went down and led them out with a bucket of feed. Izzy Williams, 20, said the field was completely burnt about five minutes later. West Midlands Police thanked them with a visit to the mounted unit's stables. Stourbridge News, 1 November.
Every word, accounted for
CarryingHow they did it.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
bucketWhat they carried. Not what happened.
ofA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
feedWhat was in the bucket. It got the horses moving.
intoA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
fieldWhere the horses were.
downA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
roadWhere the field was.
womenWho did it. Stays.
atA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
StourbridgeWhere it happened. The best wrong word here: the place, not what happened.
ridingWhat kind of yard.
yardWhere the women were from.
rescuedWhat they did. Stays.
theA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
horsesWho they saved. Stays.
fromTies the rescue to the fire. Stays.
aA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
wildfireWhat they saved them from. Stays.
thatA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
burnedWhat the fire did after. The rescue is the story.
itA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
minutesHow close it was.
laterGoes with minutes.