Anne Wilson’s parents were optimistic that a Radio Flyer rocking horse would be enough to satisfy their daughter’s horse-loving dreams. It was not. Despite living in the city with no place to keep a horse, Wilson’s persistence would eventually lead her family to purchase a gelding named Prince, whom she became the proud owner of in third grade. But her horse-owning trajectory was not smooth sailing from there. Just six months after Prince joined the family, Wilson learned a particularly tough life lesson not to test your parent’s patience, because Prince was sold.