When the Tripods Came
“Andy and I went to the livery stables with her to say good-bye to it. I kept out of the way of its teeth, but it had a go at kicking me which came close. I decided again that I could live comfortably in a world without horses.
All the same, I felt a bit sad watching Angela hugging it. I couldn’t take my racing bike, either, but leaving a living thing behind, even a rotten-tempered one like Prince, was different. Though really Prince was going to be all right; it made no difference to a pony who... or what ruled the world, as long as the fodder kept coming. Angela fed him his au revoir present of bran mash, and came away cheerfully talking about Guernsey, and whether it was too late in the year for swimming.
We set out at first light in Martha’s Jaguar. We were stopped twice by police. They acted tough—hadn’t we heard the instructions to stay at home?—but Pa and Martha put on a strong double act. They said she had a sister with a heart condition living by herself at Starcross, who had been panicking on the telephone.MoreLess
All the same, I felt a bit sad watching Angela hugging it. I couldn’t take my racing bike, either, but leaving a living thing behind, even a rotten-tempered one like Prince, was different. Though really Prince was going to be all right; it made no difference to a pony who... or what ruled the world, as long as the fodder kept coming. Angela fed him his au revoir present of bran mash, and came away cheerfully talking about Guernsey, and whether it was too late in the year for swimming.
We set out at first light in Martha’s Jaguar. We were stopped twice by police. They acted tough—hadn’t we heard the instructions to stay at home?—but Pa and Martha put on a strong double act. They said she had a sister with a heart condition living by herself at Starcross, who had been panicking on the telephone.MoreLess
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