[horses whinnying]
[horse nickers]
♪ I'm gonna ride ♪
♪ I'm riding free ♪
♪ So come along, let's go along ♪
♪ Come on a journey with me ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride ♪
♪ I'm riding free ♪
♪ As long as I am here with you ♪
♪ I feel the spirit within me ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
[horse whinnying]
[Spirit whinnies]
-Do you see him? -He went this way!
Or was it that way?
Since when did he get so fast?
[Governor whinnies]
-Over there! Yah! Come on, Spirit! -Come on, Chica Linda, let's go!
-[Spirit whinnies] -[Lucky gasps]
[whinnying]
[Governor nickers]
He wants the clover on the other side of the ravine.
Why do horses find clover so delicious?
He can't make that jump. It's too far.
We have to be calm. We don't want to startle him.
Hey, boy.
Stay right there, OK? We just want to bring you home.
[whinnies]
No!
Governor!
Governor?
[whinnying]
[girls sigh]
[whinnies]
I don't like that sound.
The ledge is going to break away!
Pru, hand me some rope.
-[grunts] -[whinnies]
[Pru] Lucky, here!
[whinnies]
-[rumbling] -Whoa! Whoa!
Oh, no!
-I don't like that sound even more! -Lucky, hurry!
OK, PALs. Now, pull!
[both grunting]
[Lucky grunting]
OK, all right. No, I got it. I got it.
[grunting continues]
-Whoa! -[Abigail] Lucky!
[Abigail grunting]
[Lucky sighs]
Yeah, Governor, there's clover on this side of the death-defying ravine, too.
I don't see the appeal.
[Boomerang nickers]
[Pru] I don't get it.
Governor's always been mischievous,
but running off like that today, he took it to a whole new level.
Don't let it happen again, or we'll have to ground you, Governor.
How do you ground a horse, anyway?
That was pretty scary. I'm sure he learned his lesson.
He's not going to get into trouble again. Right, Governor?
-[whinnies] -[Abigail] Governor!
-[Lucky] Please, Governor! -[Pru] He's going so fast!
Quit running!
-How is he this fast? -Come back here!
-[Lucky] Get him! -[screams] Skunk!
[girls screaming]
-[whinnying] -Come on out, Governor!
This way.
[Abigail] Definitely not that way!
-[buzzing] -[whinnies]
[Pru] Guess he didn't learn his lesson.
I don't get it. Why is he acting like this?
It's like he was a sweet, little toddler who suddenly turned into Snips,
but with hooves.
I know you girls think of him as your little colt,
but Governor is getting older.
His newfound mischief-making is quite normal for a yearling.
Aw! Our baby is becoming a teenager!
Governor was young when he came to live here,
but he was still a wild horse.
-He needs to be broken. -When will you start, Dad?
Why are you looking at me like I have an elbow growing out of my head?
Because when you asked if we could keep a wild foal in the stable,
we agreed that one day you girls would train him.
Governor's training is long overdue.
You hear that, Governor?
We have to start getting serious about this training business.
[sniffs and nickers]
-[neighs] -[girls] Aw!
[Abigail] Little Govey-Wovey!
Quit winding him up, girls.
This is no way to start breaking him!
-[girls laugh] -[Abigail] Get back here!
[sighs]
[Governor whinnying]
[horses nicker]
He learned that from playing with goats on Mrs. Belisle's farm.
He's so cute.
I'm serious, girls.
We don't want Governor to accidentally hurt himself or the other horses.
You think that might happen?
All I know is, once you girls are away at school,
I won't have time to babysit him like you do.
[nickers and whinnies]
[Al grunts]
[chuckles]
-Oh, I can't stay mad at this face. -[girls laugh]
-[Abigail] Hi, Governor! -[Pru] He's a cute boy.
Who's a good boy?
-Hey, Dad! -Hey! What's happening?
What can I do for you, Jim?
I came to tell you the mountain lion has been spotted in the area again.
You think it's the same one that killed Governor's mother?
Lucky!
Could be.
One of the farmhands said it tried to attack his chickens last night.
As it ran off, he recognized the scar on its eye.
Hm. We'll need to set some traps and reinforce the fencing around the ramada.
I'll trust you girls to handle Governor on your own.
Just be alert, and don't go too deep into the brush.
We'll be careful.
And don't worry, we've got Governor under control.
[Governor whinnying]
Starting right now.
My dad says the first step in training any horse is getting him used to a saddle.
Step one, check.
[whinnies]
Next, we need someone to go on the saddle,
but Governor is still too young for any of us to ride him.
We're all too big.
Who's small enough?
Snips is the name, horse breaking's my game!
We'll work out my fee later.
We don't need you to do any breaking.
We want you to sit on Governor's saddle for a minute. Get him used to the idea.
You should have seen Señor Carrots before I got to him.
I broke him down and rebuilt him from the ground up.
And look at him now.
-He's the picture of class. -[Señor Carrots braying]
Take it nice and slow, Snips. He's still a baby.
Now, listen up, Governor.
I'm not gonna put up with any of your nonsense.
Where did he learn to talk like that?
It sounds like what my dad says to him whenever...
Well, pretty much all the time.
If you do as you're told, I might even take you out for ice cream.
Now, let's walk.
-See? I told you I know what I'm do-- -[whinnying]
[Snips screaming]
[grunts]
[groans]
-[gasps] -Oh, no!
[Abigail] Snips!
Are you OK? Say something!
[gasps] This horse is trained!
If that's your idea of a trained horse, all I can say is--
You're welcome.
I'll send you my bill.
[whinnying]
PALs, I think we need a new plan.
[Abigail] I have a new plan!
I've read about this ancient animal training technique.
First, you calm the animal by establishing eye contact
and speaking in a gentle tone of voice.
Look into my eyes.
This puts the animal in a deep state of relaxation.
Once you sense the animal is relaxed,
you allow your own eyes to close.
The subject will then imitate your behavior.
At this point, the animal will do anything you tell it to,
because it knows that you're completely in charge.
[Abigail snoring]
[Governor nickers]
-[whinnies] -[Lucky groans] Governor!
[Boomerang nickers]
Trying to solve this problem by ourselves isn't working.
-Maybe we should ask someone for help. -Yeah.
Someone with a lot of experience.
Someone who's spent their whole life with horses.
[gasps] Or maybe someone who's spent their whole life being a horse.
[Lucky] Your dad talks about how horses watch and learn from each other.
Right! Like a monkey-see, monkey-do situation.
-But with horses instead of monkeys. -And oats instead of bananas.
[neighing]
No offense, Spirit,
but Boomerang and Chica Linda are a little more domesticated than you are.
[whinnies]
Now, Governor,
just watch Chica Linda and Boomerang and do what they do.
Easy.
See? Nice and steady.
Now you try. Whoa!
[laughs] Hey!
[whinnies]
[Lucky grunting]
[groans]
[grunting]
-[whinnies] -[gasps]
Governor! [shrieks]
[whinnying]
[grunts] Now you want to move?
-[bicycle bell rings] -Yoo-hoo! PALMs!
New-hat alert!
And we bought one for Mystery, too.
[nickers]
[sighs] And what nonsense are you up to?
We're trying to teach Governor by showing him how well-trained horses behave.
Goodness!
Of course we'd love to help. Wouldn't we, Mystery?
Come, Mystery. Let's start by showing him all the tricks we can do.
Let's show Governor how you bow.
You never know when you'll be meeting royalty.
[Governor nickers]
[whinnies]
That most certainly is not how one would greet a royal!
[Spirit whinnies]
[nickers]
[Mystery whinnies]
[Spirit snorts]
-[nickers] -[Maricela] We must be going.
I simply cannot allow Mystery to be exposed to such inappropriate behavior.
Not to mention, how upsetting it is to me.
[neighs]
[shrieks]
Our hats!
You beast!
Oh, no! Governor!
[Pru] Sorry, Maricela!
We'll come back later so you can have someone to be mad at!
-[whinnying] -[gasps]
-[clattering] -[woman shrieks]
[whinnies]
[man] My cupcakes!
[Pru] Stop! That's enough, Governor!
[whinnying]
-Easy does it, boy. -Steady now, Governor.
Governor!
Look into my eyes.
Are you sure you know what you're doing?
It's OK. I'm fully awake this time.
[whinnies]
Governor?
Governor! Govern-- [shrieks]
[Lucky] Abigail!
-Are you OK? -Whoa, boy!
I... I think so.
I might have a bump on my head.
Oh, my gosh! I didn't see what was happening!
Y-You could have been badly hurt!
He's right.
[nickers]
It's OK, Governor. I'm not mad.
What's gonna happen when we go away to school?
[Abigail] I'm really worried.
What if we never get him trained?
I'm wondering if we should have left him with his herd.
That's it! I know what we have to do.
What if we've been going about this the wrong way?
What if Governor was always meant to be wild, like Spirit?
We shouldn't be trying to tame him.
We should be helping him get in touch with his wild side.
You want to reintroduce Governor back into his wild herd?
Exactly. All we have to do now is figure out how to do that.
[Al] The traps haven't been touched.
Well, it's been two days since the last sighting.
With any luck, that mountain lion has already moved on.
[whinnies]
Whoa! Where are you girls off to so fast?
Dad! We have a new plan.
We're going to undo Governor.
"Undo"?
We think Governor needs to be reintroduced back into his herd.
I'm positive this is what Governor needs.
Governor isn't meant to be broken.
I've never heard of anyone doing anything like that before.
Then I guess these girls will be the first ones to do it.
[wild horses neighing]
It's OK, Governor. Go on up and say hi.
[nickers]
[whinnies]
[nickers]
[whinnies]
[horse nickers]
You got to try a little harder than that.
Show them you're serious about joining their group.
[wild horses whinnying]
You're not gonna take no for an answer, are you? Come on.
[Spirit whinnies]
[Lucky] There you go!
Whoo!
[whinnying]
[neighs]
[whinnies]
Oh, no! Not again!
[Spirit neighs]
Sorry, Governor. I can't let you get stuck again.
[whinnies]
[Pru] It's like the herd didn't recognize him.
Governor was so young when he was separated from the herd.
I wonder if they think he doesn't belong with them anymore.
[Spirit neighs]
[gasps] Maybe if we learned how to speak horse, we could explain it to them.
[voice trills] "Hey.
His name is Governor.
-He's one of you!" -[Boomerang nickers]
I'm pretty sure that would terrify them more than anything.
Don't worry, Governor. We're gonna make this work.
[Spirit nickers]
[growls]
[Lucky] The watering hole is neutral territory.
The herd shouldn't be upset by Governor's presence here.
Come on, Spirit. Let's show them how it's done.
[Spirit neighs]
[nickers]
[Spirit neighs]
[Governor neighs]
[whinnying]
[neighs]
[Smoke whinnies]
[Governor neighs]
[Spirit neighs]
[gasps] Did you see that?
It's like Smoke was trying to hurt the little guy.
If he wanted to hurt Governor, he could have.
He was just trying to scare him.
[sighs] I wish we could do something to convince the herd to accept him.
Like when Snips started school and my mom sent him to class with candy
to share with the other kids.
-Did it work? -Yeah.
Until they got to know him.
Abigail, you're a genius!
These juicy apples will help bring the herd to Governor.
They're getting curious. Come on.
Just making sure the juiciest ones are at the top.
They're horses, Lucky. All apples are juicy to them.
[Lucky] I'm just trying to help.
[horse nickers]
[Abigail] It's working!
[horses neighing]
[Governor whinnying]
Th-That's OK, little fella.
We'll figure something out.
[horses neighing]
[neighs]
-[whinnies] -[nickers]
[whinnies]
[neighs]
Spirit, no!
[whinnying]
[Abigail] Well, that didn't work.
[Pru] I'm getting worried.
Governor's shown that he's not just a danger to himself,
he's a danger to the rest of the herd, too.
[whinnies]
[sighs] You don't fit in here, you don't fit in with the herd.
Where do you belong?
[yawns]
I had a feeling you'd be out there, trying to help your little foal.
[sighs] He's not a foal anymore, Dad.
He's a yearling.
I wonder if you know that, sweet pea.
[yawns]
I know it, Dad.
It's why I've been doing everything I can
to try and help him fit back into the herd.
But it's like he can't do anything without my help.
Lucky, do you remember your first day of kindergarten?
A little.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
You were so nervous.
Nothing I said could convince you to go into that classroom.
Until a toy caught your eye.
But before you could get to it,
another little girl got to it first.
I wondered if I needed to intervene,
but something inside me made me wait.
And I'm glad I did,
because it gave you the chance to find the courage to handle it on your own.
When I left that day, you didn't even turn around to wave goodbye.
But that was all right, because that's how I knew you were going to be OK.
I guess what I'm saying is you've got to let your little one grow up.
You're right, Dad.
I've been so focused on helping Governor fit into the herd,
I haven't given him a chance to do it himself.
If you really think he belongs in the wild,
the best thing you can do is let him figure it out on his own.
Even if someday Governor runs off to join the circus,
or leaves home to go to school.
All you can do is hope he'll write you letters every once in a while.
Thanks for letting me figure things out for myself.
And don't worry, Dad. I'll write you letters every day.
Now I got to do the same for Governor.
OK, Governor, this is it.
Go be with your herd, by yourself.
We won't intervene.
[neighs]
[snorts]
Can we do something?
-Why don't we just walk him over there? -No.
We have to let him work it out on his own.
[neighs]
[whinnies]
[nickers]
[Smoke whinnies]
[gasps]
[whinnying]
Oh, no!
[whinnying]
[gasps]
[Lucky] There's Smoke.
I don't see Governor anywhere.
And it looked like it was going so well.
Should we go look for him?
What do we do when we find him?
[gasps] Should we try bribing the herd again? With candy this time?
Don't do anything!
[whinnying in distance]
[Lucky] Wait. I think I see him!
No! It's the mountain lion!
-It's heading for the herd! -[Abigail] We have to help them!
We'd never get there in time.
No. But Spirit can.
[whinnies]
Go, boy!
[lion growling]
-[roars] -[whinnies]
[snarls]
[whinnies]
[roars]
[whinnies]
[Spirit neighs]
[whinnies]
[lion growling]
[snarling]
[nickers]
[roars]
[nickers]
[snorting]
[snarling]
[roars]
[hooves galloping]
[whinnies]
[neighs]
[snarls]
[lion snarling]
[whinnies]
[growling]
[whinnies]
[snarls]
[screeches]
[whinnies]
[nickering]
[Spirit whinnies]
[Pru] There they are!
-[Lucky] You made it! -[Abigail] Yeah!
-Good job, Spirit! -[neighs]
[neighs]
[nickers]
[whinnies]
[wild horses whinnying]
[whinnying]
Not yet, Pru. He can do it on his own. I know he can.
[Abigail] Oh, yay, Governor!
-Way to go! -I knew you could do it!
[groans] Oh. He didn't even turn around to say goodbye.
That's how we know he'll be OK.