Summer At World's End
“‘It feels all right to me.’ Lester was sitting on the fallen tree in the flat corner of the meadow. The monkey sat beside him, picking under the bark for wood lice.
‘He’s always on the wrong lead with you.’ ‘It doesn’t matter.’ ‘It does matter.’ ‘Why does it?’ Lester had made a daisy chain. He put it round Joey’s neck and the monkey tore it off and ate it.
‘It just does.’ Lester understood all things about life, but it was impossible to explain the finer points of riding to someone who did not ...care. ‘And anyway,’ she said, ‘I think he’s been schooled in a curb.’ ‘If you’re going to put a curb on him,’ Lester stood up and the monkey jumped into his arms, not wanting to be left, ‘you’re not going to ride him.’ ‘Who says?’ ‘Ido.’ ‘He’s half my horse.’ ‘The back end.’ ‘Since when?’ ‘Since you said you want to put a curb in the front end.’ When Lester had gone home, Carrie went down the lane to Mr Mismo’s farmhouse and knocked on the back door.MoreLess
‘He’s always on the wrong lead with you.’ ‘It doesn’t matter.’ ‘It does matter.’ ‘Why does it?’ Lester had made a daisy chain. He put it round Joey’s neck and the monkey tore it off and ate it.
‘It just does.’ Lester understood all things about life, but it was impossible to explain the finer points of riding to someone who did not ...care. ‘And anyway,’ she said, ‘I think he’s been schooled in a curb.’ ‘If you’re going to put a curb on him,’ Lester stood up and the monkey jumped into his arms, not wanting to be left, ‘you’re not going to ride him.’ ‘Who says?’ ‘Ido.’ ‘He’s half my horse.’ ‘The back end.’ ‘Since when?’ ‘Since you said you want to put a curb in the front end.’ When Lester had gone home, Carrie went down the lane to Mr Mismo’s farmhouse and knocked on the back door.MoreLess
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