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    Runaway Pony
    Runaway Pony
    Runaway Pony
    Ebook69 pages48 minutes

    Runaway Pony

    By Kristin Earhart and Serena Geddes

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    A lost pony is cause for a nighttime adventure on Chincoteague Island in this third book of a chapter book series inspired by Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague.

    Full Moon Fancy, Fancy for short, is a pony with a knack for getting loose. First she just tramples a herb garden, then she knocks over a wall of a chicken coop, so the hens end up all over the yard and down on the beach. When she gets out one too many times, Willa and Ben are worried she’s lost. They set out to track her down—in the moonlight! Will they find the runaway pony, or is Fancy lost for good?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateSep 15, 2015
    ISBN9781481414210
    Runaway Pony
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    Kristin Earhart

    Kristin Earhart is the author of many books for young readers, among them titles in the Stablemates, Big Apple Barn, and Magic School Bus chapter book series. A former children’s book editor, she lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn, New York.

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      Runaway Pony - Kristin Earhart

      Chapter 1

      FULL MOON FANCY. THE NAME sounded magical. Willa let the words swirl in her head. She couldn’t believe there was a new pony at Miller Farm.

      Just Fancy for short, Grandma Edna insisted. No need for long, frilly names around here. When Grandma said here, she meant the animal rescue center she ran. It was home to goats, chickens, rabbits, and especially ponies—Chincoteague ponies.

      Ben and Willa hurried over to the small paddock to meet Fancy. Where is she? Ben wondered, glancing at his big sister. Willa searched the field.

      The small pasture’s empty, Grandma, Willa called across the yard.

      Grandma looked up. Her scowl pushed her eyebrows low. She stood up from her rosebushes. Now don’t tell me, she murmured. Grandma made her way over to where Willa and Ben stood. Sure enough, she announced, examining the area. We’ve got a pony to find. You two look on the other side of the house. I’ll check behind the barn.

      Before rushing off, Ben yanked a handful of clover from the tall grass by the fence. It’s a peace offering, he said. In case we find her. Willa nodded, amazed at how well her brother understood animals.

      Even though Willa had taken riding lessons when they lived back in Chicago, she wouldn’t have thought to grab a treat for the runaway pony. Ben had not really been around ponies or horses before they had moved to their new house on Chincoteague Island, but he had an easy way with them.

      Now both kids were around horses and ponies every day. First, there was Buttercup. Buttercup belonged to their neighbors but was staying in the old barn at Ben and Willa’s house for a while. Second, there were the horses at Grandma and Grandpa’s place, Miller Farm. Of all those ponies, Willa and Ben shared a favorite: a sweet buckskin mare named Starbuck. Starbuck had arrived at the rescue center earlier that summer. At the time, her leg had been hurt. The kids had helped nurse Starbuck back to health, and now they loved her like their own.

      But they couldn’t think about Starbuck now. They had a lost pony to find!

      Grandma sounded mad, Ben remarked as they raced past the barn and the big pasture.

      She’s probably just worried, Willa said as she rounded the corner of the one-story farmhouse. The grassy part of the yard was small but there was a deep wooded area in the back.

      We don’t even know what Fancy looks like, Ben commented.

      Well, she’s the one that’s just roaming around, not in the pasture, Willa replied, swatting a bug away from her freckled nose. She squinted as she scanned the yard and trees. I don’t see her. Let’s go to the garden.

      Ben trudged behind his sister, glancing back over his shoulder. If he were a pony, where would he hide?

      No luck in the garden. All they found was their grandma.

      I thought she’d be here too, Grandma Edna said. It’d be just like that pony to make a feast of my carrots.

      Hey! What’s going on?

      They looked up to see Lena and Clifton heading their way. Clifton was a teenager and often helped on the farm. His younger sister, Lena, sometimes tagged along. Willa was excited to see her friend.

      Lena, you have to help. There’s a pony missing! As Willa shared the details, Lena listened closely, twirling a finger around one of her many beaded braids.

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