Journey

Two brothers, twins in their twenties, prepared their respective horses- coincidentally also twins- for the week-long trip ahead of them. One brother would journey thru the desert to a town that held an annual crops auction, to secure a price for their family farm harvest of corn. While the other twin went an opposite direction, thru some forest and meadows to their uncle's farm, to help bring in their wheat crop, as the uncle was still recovering from a bad illness. 

After several days of travel, the brother in the desert noticed his horse was breathing hard, slowing down, although they had plenty of water and feed. Something was very wrong, so the two found some shade by a hillside, and the horse could rest up. But, things got worse very quickly. The horse soon was on its side, very obviously convulsing, in deep distress. There was no one in sight to help them, and the brother could only wait.

Two hundred miles away, the other twin was nearing their uncle's farm. Suddenly, his horse reared up for no apparent reason- he barely clung on as the normally peaceful stallion bucked as if a snake was nearby. The brother jumped off and tried to steady his horse, walking it around furiously in a circle, but the agitated creature could not be calmed. Then, the stricken horse just froze in place, as if momentarily trapped in some amber nightmare. Motionless for several minutes, the stead didn't twitch or move a single muscle. Then, the animal quaked hard, as if struck thru with currents of daytime lightning. 

Back in the desert, the other brother watched in utter astonishment as his horse suddenly stopped convulsing, and quickly stood back up again, happily shaking its massive head. Same for the horse who had frozen up, all good again. Each twin brother completed his journey, and neither happened to mention their strange experience. But, did the horses know? That, too, just part of the mystery.