['I was so sad growing up. I always wanted a horse and my parents never got me one.', "That's too bad, did you ever get to ride horses at all?", 'No, I never did. That made me real sad as well.']
Well I hope you get to be around horses someday!  I don't know much about them but they're so cool.
I was so sad growing up. I always wanted a horse, but never got one.