Secondhand Horses (2013)
“Sunny said. She and Esther stood together. Esther still had her hands on her hips. “How did you get here?” she asked the horse. The animal noticed them and came up to the rail, stuck his neck over, and sniffed their hands. Black lashes longer than the mini’s framed the brown eyes, and a well-combed forelock partially covered a jagged white blaze down the long nose. Its tail was also well brushed.
Sunny took a step nearer. The horse nickered. She reached out to get a velvet nose and prickly whiskers in her hand. She hunched her shoulders. “I don’t think he’s mean. I wonder how he got lost?”
“You can’t get lost and put yourself in a corral if you’re a horse, Sunny.” Yep, Esther was still mad about whatever.
Keeping a careful distance from the watchful horse, Sunny bent and peered through the rails. “Esther! Check out that giant ball!”
“Did you bring your own toy?” Esther directed her question to the brown horse while Sunny opened the barn door to release Shirley and Mondo into their adj...oining corral.MoreLess
Sunny took a step nearer. The horse nickered. She reached out to get a velvet nose and prickly whiskers in her hand. She hunched her shoulders. “I don’t think he’s mean. I wonder how he got lost?”
“You can’t get lost and put yourself in a corral if you’re a horse, Sunny.” Yep, Esther was still mad about whatever.
Keeping a careful distance from the watchful horse, Sunny bent and peered through the rails. “Esther! Check out that giant ball!”
“Did you bring your own toy?” Esther directed her question to the brown horse while Sunny opened the barn door to release Shirley and Mondo into their adj...oining corral.MoreLess
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