Hope: "I thought so," she said laughing. When he commented on her beauty, she blushed harder than ever, smiling. Surely she wasn't that pretty. "That's sweet of you, it really is beautiful here. All right, let's go. First step to riding, right to go left. You wan to go left, nudge him -gently, but firm- with your right heel, right, nudge him with your left heel. You want him to stop, nudge him with both. Let's go." She led the way around, at first walking, but when he seemed more comfortable, she taught Jay to trot (nudge him with both feet while saying loudly, "Trot!") and once he got the hang of that, taught Jay to canter, or gallop (nudging Crow while already at trot and saying "Canter!" although Hope could go to canter from a walk). Soon they were riding through the forest, laughing and talking. Hope looked really happy being on horseback, similar to Jay when they had been at the archery range.