Before you even get to the woods, a faint sharp crack catches your ears. Then another one echoes. Must be hunters. HUNTERS! You suddenly realize the big drawback of being a deer. Sure, a mare gets locked in a stall sometimes, and has to work, but you can expect a good 20 years or so of being fed and groomed and cared for. As a doe, you might last the hunting season, only to starve in the winter.
Spinning, you bound back toward the barber, who is about to get into a really old-looking car. He looks surprised as he sees you, but another faint gunshot explains things better than any words you could utter.
"That didn't take long." He frowns a bit. "I usually make customers wait a month, but I'll make an exception in your case, since I was the one who made the choice. The odds of survival are really good as a deer, no matter what you might think. But I guess you prefer safety over freedom."
He pulls out his comb and scissors again, and in a few minutes you have grown back into the mare. "There. No more changes for a month, now. I'll check back then, just to make sure. Though I suspect you'll be locked in by the end of the day, much less the end of a month." With a glance at the corral, he chuckles and gets back in his car.
You look to the corral yourself, and see the donkey and stallion both watching you with ears up and organs partially erect. Well, if you are going to stay a mare, you might as well go all the way. The boy comes out and look surprised to see you in the main yard. He leads you back to the corral, patting your neck and telling you what a beautiful girl you are, and that it's a nice day for you to stretch your legs in the pasture.
Once inside, you are immediately the center of attention for both males. Oddly, they don't fight over you as you thought they would. Instead, they prance and snort or bray, nipping lightly at you and showing off. You are obviously supposed to make a choice. This doesn't seem like normal animal behavior, but then you aren;t a normal animal. Maybe both of them are former humans as well!