When we take a hike, my little girl likes to pretend to be a horse and insists that I hold her ponytail like reins. It’s a game to her, but to fellow hikers who see us at a distance it looks like I am pulling her around by her hair. She will occasionally make horse noises but never when our fellow hikers are near so that they can understand what’s happening here.
So if your child also enjoys pretending to be a horse, occasionally call out “Good job, little horsey” when fellow hikers get close so they are in on the game.
No photo available as my hands are always full of ponytail but here is a portrait of a horse by my little girl:
coming full circle 