Here’s the story of Ramona and Peaquay, two horses trudging through the snow…
Ramona: We’ve been trudging through the snow for hours. I’m on my last legs.
Peaquay: You’re right, Ramona, I’m at the end of my rope too. I have blisters on my hooves.
Ramona: You can’t have blisters on your hooves, Peaquay.
Peaquay: I feel my body is debilitated by the long walk.
Ramona: Come on, Peaquay, we are strong horses. All brindled horses are strong.
Peaquay: OK, but I feel like I can only walk for another couple minutes, tops.
Ramona: Don’t worry, I’m exhausted too, but I can give you a piggyback if you want me to.
Peaquay: Oh, really? Could you do that for me?
Ramona: Sure, and I can sing for you too.
Here’s the vocabulary summary:
| trudge | to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired or working very hard |
| on one’s last legs | very close to failure, exhaustion, or death |
| at the end of one’s rope | in a state in which you are not able to deal with a problem, difficult situation, etc., any longer |
| blister | a raised area on the skin that contains clear liquid and that is caused by injury to the skin |
| debilitate | to make sb or sth weak, to reduce the strength of sb or sth |
| brindled /ˈbrɪndl̟d/ | having faint dark streaks or spots on a gray or light brown background |
| tops | at the very most |
| piggyback | the act of carrying sb on your back or shoulders |
