Entering the "Field of Ha Ha" *

A young soccer player eagerly joins his companions on the green. Sports park - June, 2010

* From the play, "Equus" by Peter Schaffer

"Alan told me of his many secret experiences thereafter with horses. He would visit the stables every three weeks late at night and take the horses out. He took them to a particular field, which he calls the horse’s place of "Ha Ha". His mother had read to him about horses in the Bible, and one particular line from the Book of Job influenced him: "He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha." In this field, Alan would ride the horse completely naked at breakneck speed. These excursions were the only sexually associated experiences Alan had undergone before he met Jill."