The newly-born foal is unsteady on his wobbly legs. He is afraid of the wind and of the dark all around him, and he is worried that his mother will leave him. She assures him that one day he will feel safe and sure without her. "You won't think of me at all then," she tells him, but the foal cannot believe he will ever want to leave his mother's side. But one sunny day his mother goes off riding, and the little foal is left alone with only the wind to play with...