Sheikh Abu Ishak rejoiced when my father, the black stallion, Shêtân was first foaled in his mountain stronghold. His mother was Jinah Al-Tayr, Wings of the bird and he was as Abu Ishak believed, sired by the midnight sky. Now it was my turn or so my mother has told me. My mother, Sun dancer, was sired by Ziyadah, unlike the black stallion that led our herd before he was almost captured by desert raiders and escaped.
I am honoured to say that I am of his bloodline and his blood now runs in my veins. My father was the son of the midnight sky. I like my father was born in the mountain stronghold of the Richest Sheikhs in the Rub' al Khali, Abu Já ben Ishak.
Enough of how I was born, I have always wondered though where he disappeared to, my father. I will tell you the story of how I was created. None know of my story and who my sire was except the young herder and Abu Já ben Ishak himself. Now I begin. My mother, when she was a young filly or mare (I am not sure) escaped when a storm somehow struck the fence of the pasture she was in. She was so frightened that she followed her natural instincts and that was, to run. She ran until her coat was lathered with sweat, her breath came out in bursts and her fine head hung down till it nearly touched the ground. She fell asleep exhausted and when she awoke, she saw a great black stallion rearing high upon a cliff, screaming his challenge to the world.
She saw a steep path leading up onto the cliff and decided to investigate this dark stranger who was alone and had none of his own kind, but some horned, woolly creatures.My mother scrambled up the path trying again and again until she managed to stop herself falling. She gradually gained distance from the ground and after a few hours finally reached the top, but the stallion was nowhere to be seen.She waited a few moments on top of the cliff,feeling the wind flowing through her mane and tail...
Suddenly she felt that she was being watched.She stood still frozen by fear and flicked her ears back and forth trying to hear whoever was watching.
She felt a warm breath on her neck and then a horse stepped out from the bushes,She could tell that it was a horse,by the sound of its hooves on the ground.The sleek mare suddenly spun around and faced the animal.It was the black stallion.