Brumby Rescue by Soraya Nicholas

Author:Soraya Nicholas
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: urn: isbn:9781760146801
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2017-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

‘Look at Missy!’ Katie blurted.

Poppy’s attention drifted to the horses, grinning when she saw what Katie had pointed out. Missy was standing beside the brumby without her cover on, scratching him with her teeth, and he was doing the same to her. They were grooming one another, and it made Poppy so excited to see Storm happy instead of moping with his shoulders all hunched up and tense. She owed Missy big-time for babysitting him, and the change in the brumby in less than a day was amazing.

‘That’s so cute,’ she whispered as they all stood, side by side, watching the horses interact.

‘He looks . . .’ Katie started.

‘Happy,’ Milly finished for her. ‘He looks like a totally different horse.’

‘Yeah, he does,’ Poppy agreed.

‘He looks like you could sneak over quietly and spring up on his back for a ride!’ Milly was wide-eyed, staring at Poppy now. ‘Don’t you reckon?’

Poppy sighed. ‘Mils, I’m not about to scare him to death when he’s finally happy! But he’s changed so quickly, I can’t believe it.’

Katie laughed and Milly looked exasperated. ‘Okay, well, maybe that was a stupid suggestion, but seriously, don’t you think he looks calm and, like, normal? If he made friends with all our horses, you could lead him from Crystal so he could come with us. If he was just following along, then he probably wouldn’t do anything stupid.’

‘Um, I think I’ll get him used to being lead around the pen first before taking him out trail riding,’ Poppy replied.

‘Milly’s right though. If he’s comfortable with all our horses, he’ll be way less likely to take off or anything. It’ll be awesome when he’s ready,’ Katie added. ‘Imagine in a few months’ time if you can ride him out across the farm with us!’

‘And what about Crystal?’ Poppy asked, feeling suddenly sorry for her gorgeous pony. ‘If we all go riding without her, she’ll be left calling out and running the fence line until we get back. She’ll think she’s been forgotten about.’

‘You could put her in the stable first? So she doesn’t know,’ Katie said gently. ‘Or how about leading the brumby while you ride Crystal, so they both get to go on the adventure and become friends?’

Poppy nodded. She chewed on her bottom lip as she stared at her two horses. It was hard to believe that less than a year ago she hadn’t had a horse at all, had even stopped dreaming about ever having one, and now she had two. And only yesterday, Storm had been miserable, and now he looked like a different horse.

‘I’m going in,’ she said, marching toward the gate.

‘Want us to watch from here?’ Milly called out.

‘Yeah, you can make sure he doesn’t try to kill me again!’ Poppy called back, trying to sound like she was joking even though she was silently freaking out.

‘Guess it depends on how tasty you were yesterday,’ Milly yelled.

Poppy blocked everything else out once her boots touched the ground on the other side of the gate.

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