Curious, she looked at how her brothers splashing around in the clear stream and styled for the younger mares that grazed on the side of the creek, pretended not to see them. Moon Spirit was on the other side of the creek and watched with curiosity. Her mother had forbidden her to go near the creek. She stomped impatiently with the small hooves. Her mother grazed a little bit away from her, but had her eyes open, to keep an eye on her inquisitive daughter.
- "Why can not I be there?" She asked her mother. Shivering Leaf looked up from the grass and down on her sons, who splashed the water around them. She rolled her eyes and came up next to her daughter.

- "The stream looks to be peaceful and provides a peaceful cool right now, but a stream has its dark days. It can last with it a darkness of sorrow at certain times of the year. This time is either secure or insecure. We can never know what the creek wants from us. "Explained her mother for her. Moon Spirit, which was still very small, had a little hard to understand her mother's way of talking to her. Shivering Leaf is a very wise mare and has had many foals after themselves and all have inherited her wisdom. Aside from the latest two sons, who jumped around in the creek and splashed the cold water on the young fillies.
- "When do I get to play in the creek?" Wondered Moon Spirit, without to tear her gaze away from her two older brothers who are now chasing young the mares down to the creek and invited them to play.
- "When your father comes back!" Laughed Shivering Leaf and nudged on her daughter, and they both began to walk away from the creek edge and into a more secure place.

Moon Spirit still could not let it go. She wants to be like her brothers. Playing and splashing around in the creek. Instead, she was hooked by her overprotective mother, who had continued to eat of the green grass.
This year, the herd had luck with the weather. After the recent rain had contributed a lot of water and green grass had just started to grow up, to the flock to dine off. Moon Spirit poked in the grass with her little hoof and sighed low of boredom.
There were no other peers foal for her to play with. Everyone was a few months older than her and they were allowed to play in the creek.
- "Mother, how is it that my fur is white and not black?" Once again got Shivering Leaf reside with the eating to answer in a further one question from her daughter. She smiled at her daughter inquisitiveness.

None of her other foals, was never like this inquisitive. But, she could understand why.
- "Moon Spirit, you were born under the spirit big blue light and you were born to do something great with your life." She smiled and took a bite out of the grass.
- "Like what?" She continued ask her mother. Shivering Leaf laughed, stopped eating and stood beside her daughter, who was lying down on the grass with her eyes fixed to the the creek clear blue water.
- "I can not answer this, my friend. What the spirits have planned for you. I can not answer this. When the spirits need your help, they'll show up." She smiled and looked at her black sons who stood at the edge of the creek and ate.
- "How do I know if I meet a spirit?" She asked again. She had let her eyes from her brothers, to watch her mother.
- "A spirit may look different. Another horse, a squirrel, a mouse, maybe an eagle! All the spirits look different and you will never know for sure who encountered!" She explained to her daughter.

Shivering Leaf leaned down and put the front legs under her and ended up in the lying position, next to her daughter.
- "But, that's why my hair is white? A spirit chose the color for me?" She asked, uncertain and moved closer to her mother.
- "That we can say. You see, in this world, we borrow only the energy from the spirits and that one day we must return it. But the energy we give back, can also give new life and bring happiness to other accidents. "She explained to her daughter.
Both mother and daughter looked at the creek that ran through the valley and at the ditch, along the the creek, there grew up handsome young birch trees, shrubs and flowers. From each flower wasps jumped and gathered nectar to their hives and butterflies that sucked up the nectar.
Moon Spirit was trying to keep up with what her mother was talking about, but she had her eyes focused on something else, which appeared. Some foals rushed by toward them. Shivering Leaf just looked up and foals changed direction immediately.

- "If I should contribute something to the world, what could it be?" Moon Spirit looked up at his mother, who smiled and rolled her eyes.
- "I can not answer, my inquisitive daughter. But I know one thing, when you add something to the earth through a spirit, you will be rewarded with a desire. The desire remains throughout life, until one returns their energy and leave your life to make room for a new one. "She explained to her inquisitive daughter, who finally lit up and started to stand up.
Above them were the older mares in the herd, moved a little on them and a strong, muscular black mustang stallion came forward. He began to trot across the stream and stood beside Shivering Leaf and his white daughter.
- "What do we say about playing a little in the creek?" He asked his daughter. Moon Spirit, who waited long for this moments, jumped big jump and galloped after her father, who had already got down to the creek.
Shivering Leaf remained up in the meadow and watched how her stallion and daughter playing together in the clear blue creek.