They go to the left because they are handed.
According to the story mostly right-handed (footed? hooved?) so one side is slightly stronger than the other.

William



20/03/01 17:17:31 PM, Ingrid Bauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>----- Original They
>>> knew that in the plain a fleating wild animal is making a curve toward
>the
>>> left so they just took the short cut everytime the horse  runned  far out
>>of
>>>
>>
>>why do they go to the left?
>
>no idea!
>He didn't explained in the book !
>
>jean-claude
>