A Turn of Light
“Which he couldn’t, so she smiled and gave his pony another brisk pat. “He looks well rested.”
The old pony turned its gray muzzle to regard her with one white-rimmed eye, then turned away, hairy lips working at air. A person who forgot apples, that said, was a person beneath notice.
Wainn shook his head. “I’m sorry, Jenn. When he likes, he will carry the children.” He put his cheek against the bony spine, watching her with one eye of his own. “He doesn’t want to carry you anymore. You’r...e too heavy.”
“But—” She hadn’t been too heavy last spring; to be kind, the pony had been that much younger.
Jenn Nalynn curbed her frustration. She’d snuck downstairs before dawn to do her chores as quickly as she could. The day’s greens were picked and ready, with a bit of weeding thrown in; she’d replenished the kindling and refilled the kettle before anyone stirred; and put on the porridge.MoreLess
The old pony turned its gray muzzle to regard her with one white-rimmed eye, then turned away, hairy lips working at air. A person who forgot apples, that said, was a person beneath notice.
Wainn shook his head. “I’m sorry, Jenn. When he likes, he will carry the children.” He put his cheek against the bony spine, watching her with one eye of his own. “He doesn’t want to carry you anymore. You’r...e too heavy.”
“But—” She hadn’t been too heavy last spring; to be kind, the pony had been that much younger.
Jenn Nalynn curbed her frustration. She’d snuck downstairs before dawn to do her chores as quickly as she could. The day’s greens were picked and ready, with a bit of weeding thrown in; she’d replenished the kindling and refilled the kettle before anyone stirred; and put on the porridge.MoreLess
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