Buckskin Bandit by Mackall Dandi Daley

Author:Mackall, Dandi Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Christian, JUVENILE FICTION / General
ISBN: 9781414364322
Publisher: Tyndale House (eBook)
Published: 2004-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

“Go, Bart!” Catman shouted as his dad’s horse disappeared into the forest ahead of us.

I couldn’t believe Mr. Coolidge’s mount had that much spunk. I knew the horse would just run back to the barn, but I was afraid Mr. Coolidge might fall off first.

“Come on, Trotter!” I coaxed, urging my bay out of line.

Catman started to follow me, but then M’s horse pulled out to follow him.

“Stay in line, Catman! Please!” I cried. “I’ll get your dad!”

“Save Mr. Coolidge!” his wife pleaded, as my Trotter broke to a fast trot.

“Don’t worry!” I yelled back. I wished I didn’t have the stupid saddle between the Trotter and me. He wasn’t reading my leg cues to canter. But he trotted faster and faster as I guided him toward the cloud of dust ahead of us.

When I spotted the tail of Mr. Coolidge’s mount, I leaned forward on Trotter’s neck. He trotted even faster, threatening to bounce his saddle off. But the gap narrowed between Mr. Coolidge and us. I could see the Tweety Bird tie flapping in the wind.

“Hang on, Mr. Coolidge!” I screamed.

My horse easily overtook the loping runaway. Without slowing down, I leaned over and grabbed the reins. “Whoa!”

His horse slowed to a trot, then to a walk. Then she stopped.

“Are you all right, Mr. Coolidge?” His toupee and hat were gone, and his face was beaded in sweat.

“I was less than forthcoming,” he said, panting, “in recounting my equestrian exploits. I did ride several times, but only as a young lad. Ponies. At the circus . . . in a circle. A couple of times I sat on a horse to have my picture taken.”

“That’s okay, Mr. Coolidge.” I spotted his hat a few yards away. “You thought you were saving your wife. That was very brave.” I hopped off Trotter and recovered the crumpled, 10-gallon hat. I pretended not to notice the toupee inside as I handed the hat over to Mr. Coolidge.

He plunked both hat and toupee onto his bald head, straightened his Tweety Bird tie, and picked up his horse’s reins. “Shall we go?”

We joined the others and finished our ride without incident.

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