The stable boy had been given instructions to prepare the horses for a ride since the mistresses wanted to go out in the fields. The stable boy does not do as he was told and once the ladies got to the stable to take the horses, they found that he had not prepared them or even tried. They get mad at him and trample him so hard with their boots. The least the cared about is if he was feeling pain. They crush his face and make him lick his boots