Polly Chapter 10 Joes Third Leg

Chapter 10

Joe's third leg

The sound of thousands of hoofs on the ground levitated into Polly's ears. She peeked from around the big tree she'd chosen to hide behind. She took a deep breath and patted her heart. The big rush was just that. There were what seemed like maybe a hundred horses running by where they'd camped. All were free! They were beautiful!

Some were just plain colored like black or white while others had mixed colors on them and still others had one or two colors on them. All rushed by like they were in a hurry. Just after the last of them rushed by Joe ran from the tree he'd been hiding behind and started towards her. She started to move away from the trees but he motioned her back behind them. Just as he slipped in beside her two more horses this time with riders approached. Joe put his finger to his mouth to signal her to be quiet.

The two cowboys they didn't know continued on by them. Lucky for them their camp was not in site of the two riders. As they passed by Joe moved them around the tree so they couldn't be seen.

"Who are they?" Polly whispered.

"Cowboys," Joe told her. "They are chasing those horses. They either belong to them or they intend to own them." As the riders faded into the distance Joe moved away from the tree. "It's best we move on. I have no idea how many others are looking to own those horses as well."

Quickly they loaded up the horses and started to move away. This time they ventured into the woods. The trail they followed was weavy and hard to follow. Joe explained that the trail was an animal trail not a human trail. But, to move through the woods quickly it was the best bet they had.

"We'll stop later when we come upon a creek," Joe assured her. "Animals will always go by water if there is any around."

"Can I take a bath?" Polly inquired. "I feel nasty!"

Joe laughed. "Yes," that's normal when traveling as we are traveling," he pointed to himself and then to her.

The trail became smaller so one horse had to follow the other horse and talking wasn't possible.

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Towards the end of the day, after Polly had stopped for nurmous pee breaks and water breaks they came to a spot that Joe said would be fine for camping.

"And," he laughed, "There is a creek just beyond those trees. "I know this area." He climbed down from his horse. "As a boy I use to come here to fish and play in the water."

"Then your village isn't far from here?" She inquired.

"I've no idea where it is," he answered. "We'll start looking tomorrow."

He pointed towards the creeks. "I'm sure you'd rather have your bath first."

He pulled a small bag from his horse and handed it to her. "Bathing supplies are inside."

She took the bag and started to walk and then stopped. "You won't look will you?"

He laughed. "I've got a camp to set up and fire wood to gather." He pulled several bags from the horse and let them drop to the ground. "Does that answer your question?"

She turned away with the bag and headed towards the stream she could hear. As she approached she noticed all the stones in the beginning part of the water. As you went in deeper the water got deeper. She hung the bag on a branch of a maple tree and started to disrobe.

Joe pulled another small bag from her horse's back and turned towards the woods heading in the other direction of where she went in to take a bath. He took three steps and then stopped walking.

He looked over his shoulder and turned towards where she'd gone. Quietly he walked into the woods and stationed himself behind a wide tree. Just beyond he could see her long thin body now completely nude. He smiled. She did look as he thought she'd look. She had small hips and small butt that he noticed shouldn't have been riding a horse as long as she had.

Her brown hair now let loose so it could blow in the wind continued down her back to the top of her butt like a long gown ending just a few inches short. Her legs were long even though she wasn't tall. As she moved about he could see how strong they were. The muscles in them rippled as she moved. Her skin was as dark as his arms totally exposed to the sun's light. How he wondered when her legs normally spent their entire out out of the sun. He watched as she walked into the water and settled in up to her neck. She was one beautiful woman he decided.

After a few more moments of watching her bath he quietly turned back to his chores. He knew it was wrong to watch her. He knew he would never be accepted by his chief as her husband. But, he already knew that he loved her...

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Supper ended. Polly was quiet happy with all the food especially since Joe prepared it and she had not been asked to. It was nice not to cook and serve food.

Joe popped more logs on the fire and picked up the bathing bag. He turned and started towards the water.

"Bath time?" she asked him as she started to gather the dishes and prepare them for washing.

He stopped and turned. "I smell," he assured her. She watched as he walked away. He strutted even when he was going to do something as simple and necessary as bathing.

The wave of his hair in the picking up breeze was breathtaking. He was the most handsome man she'd ever meant. His arms looked and felt like steel. She wondered if he had hair on his chest. John didn't and she found that very unappealing.

He vanished into the tree line. Darkness had already fallen so his form vanished quickly. She sighed. "I wonder if I could peek?"

She laid the dishes she'd been cleaning on the ground and followed him into the woods. "Just a quick peek," she assured herself. "He'll never know I looked.

As she approached the water. The light from the moon lit up his form like a shadow on the wall. She sighed. He removed his pants and suddenly she gasps. Something long and straight slipped out of his clothing and appeared like a third leg which had not developed like his other two legs. In all her twenty years of life she'd never seen anything like that.

But she kept watching. In the darkness she saw him take the long third leg into his hands and...