The Special Secret (2014)
“Cinders said loudly, her eyes narrowing.
“Know what?” asked Stardust.
“That you’re a fake.” Cinders gave a high-pitched laugh. “You can’t be a princess because a real princess would never get her hooves dirty. You’re just an ordinary farm pony like Mucker.”
“Of course I’m a real princess,” Stardust said angrily.
“No, you’re not,” Cinders replied. “That’s what my mom says anyway.”
With that, Cinders swept past Stardust, taking great care not to step in the mud.
Stardust’s brown eyes glittered wi...th tears. “What did she mean?” she asked.
“Ignore her,” Pippa said, stroking Stardust’s mud-splattered nose. “She was just being nasty to upset you.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes,” Pippa said, even though she wasn’t convinced. Cinders had sounded threatening and as if she knew something, but Pippa didn’t want to frighten Stardust. She continued to stroke her nose, until she stopped shaking and calmed down.
“Cinders is right, though,” Stardust said at last.MoreLess
“Know what?” asked Stardust.
“That you’re a fake.” Cinders gave a high-pitched laugh. “You can’t be a princess because a real princess would never get her hooves dirty. You’re just an ordinary farm pony like Mucker.”
“Of course I’m a real princess,” Stardust said angrily.
“No, you’re not,” Cinders replied. “That’s what my mom says anyway.”
With that, Cinders swept past Stardust, taking great care not to step in the mud.
Stardust’s brown eyes glittered wi...th tears. “What did she mean?” she asked.
“Ignore her,” Pippa said, stroking Stardust’s mud-splattered nose. “She was just being nasty to upset you.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes,” Pippa said, even though she wasn’t convinced. Cinders had sounded threatening and as if she knew something, but Pippa didn’t want to frighten Stardust. She continued to stroke her nose, until she stopped shaking and calmed down.
“Cinders is right, though,” Stardust said at last.MoreLess
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