ROSALIA'S WILD RIDE

THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER. THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY BOTH MY MOTHER AND MY AUNTS. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS RATHER PRECOCIOUS LITTLE GIRL, HAD LONG DARK BRAIDS. SHE SOMEHOW SNUCK OUT OF HER HOUSE AND MOUNTED A HORSE ALL BY HERSELF, EXCEPT THAT THE HORSE HAD NOT BEEN TAMED BEFORE. THE HORSE TOOK OFF WITH HER ON IT . SHE ACTUALLY TAMED IT. THIS TOOK PLACE IN HER HOME TOWN OF SORIANO, IN CALABRIA, ITALY.