Horse Whispers (2013)
“Kate asked.
Carole nodded, her heart pounding. “Yes. Last stall on the left. I’m positive.”
Automatically the girls turned and looked down the aisle. The main door at the end of the stable was wide open. “Oh no,” Carole murmured, her fears mounting.
In summer the big sliding door was open all the time. In winter it was open a couple of times a day, when the stable boys went back and forth to the manure pile with wheelbarrows. Clearly, the mare had escaped from her stall and walked right out of ...the barn.
Carole sprinted to the open door. If she hurried …! Snow was beginning to fall, a few flakes at a time. On the muddy ground, hoofprints led off in the direction of the pasture. Carole didn’t wait to explain. That would take valuable minutes. She started off in hot pursuit.
At the stall Kate was leaning in, examining the door. “She must have worked the bolt with her mouth, huh, Carole? I should have thought! We’ve had horses do that before.” She stood up. “Carole?”MoreLess
Carole nodded, her heart pounding. “Yes. Last stall on the left. I’m positive.”
Automatically the girls turned and looked down the aisle. The main door at the end of the stable was wide open. “Oh no,” Carole murmured, her fears mounting.
In summer the big sliding door was open all the time. In winter it was open a couple of times a day, when the stable boys went back and forth to the manure pile with wheelbarrows. Clearly, the mare had escaped from her stall and walked right out of ...the barn.
Carole sprinted to the open door. If she hurried …! Snow was beginning to fall, a few flakes at a time. On the muddy ground, hoofprints led off in the direction of the pasture. Carole didn’t wait to explain. That would take valuable minutes. She started off in hot pursuit.
At the stall Kate was leaning in, examining the door. “She must have worked the bolt with her mouth, huh, Carole? I should have thought! We’ve had horses do that before.” She stood up. “Carole?”MoreLess
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