thumbelina is raising money for children (this story is for you annie and beth)

you just GOTTA love a mini horse!

Michael Goessling stops to pet a cocker spaniel while walking Thumbelina, left, a five year old dwarf miniature horse, around the pasture at Goose Creek Farms in St. Louis, MO on Friday, Oct. 3, 2006. At 17.5 inches, Thumbelina is the smallest living horse in the world, and holds the record for the smallest horse in history. Goessling said she often spends more time with tThe tiny horse and her charitable foundation have helped raise about $10,000 for children's charities since she gained World record status as the smallest horse ever recorded, at 17 1/2 inches at the withers.

World's Smallest Horse Has Tall Order

........... At just a hair over 17 inches tall, the miniature horse is more inclined to walk under fences than jump them. And her owners have sheltered the mare from ever gaining "circus-sideshow" or "one-trick-pony" status. As the world's smallest horse, 5-year-old Thumbelina, weighing in at 57 pounds, has a bigger mission: to raise $1 million for children's charities this year................
............. The tiny horse and her charitable foundation have helped raise about $10,000 for children's charities since she gained World record status as the smallest horse ever recorded, at 17 1/2 inches at the withers. When a Guinness official came from London to certify the record, a photograph was taken of Thumbelina and the world's largest living horse, Radar, a Belgium Draft horse from Texas standing at 6-foot-7 - about 40 times larger than Thumbelina.
She wasn't intimidated.
"I got the impression that Thumbelina wasn't so keen on sharing the limelight with the tallest horse at all," said Michael Whitty, who's in charge of Guinness' Picture Media.
The picture will appear in the 2008 World Record book to be released this fall. .....