Explain Why Horses Have Hoofs

Why do Horses Have Hoofs? Once, long ago, there was a diverse, beautiful land where all the horses lived. But sadly, there was a greedy horse that lived in the land. Her name was Taylor. All the horses were always miserable because Taylor was very mean to them. Her only friend Erin, has always been by Taylor's side ever since they were foals. They are both 2 years old. They called themselves the terrible twos. Consequently, The poor horses had no protection for their feet and neither did Taylor or Erin. The horses hated working everyday with pains in their feet, especially, because they had to work with Taylor. The other horses were all planning to run away. Taylor heard of this so she thought of a very greedy plan. “ Erin I have a great idea,” Taylor said, “Let’s tell the horses to go to a mountain where they will get all the food and the shelter they need, even protection on their feet.”
“ But, Taylor then we would not have protection for our feet either.” Erin said confused. Taylor shook her head, then drew a diagram of what her plan was going to be like.

The terrible twos told the other horses that there was shelter in the mountain and to head up right away. The other horses were atingle! So they hastily ran up to the Highland mountain. As the poor horses took a step, they all sank about 3 inches and were stuck in their footsteps. Their feet were covered in a sticky rock . The horses were so disconcerted. They were on the mountain for days while the vibrant sunlight beamed on them as the rock below their feet dried