Dream Horse by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-82554-4
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2013-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

CAROLE PEERED CAUTIOUSLY around the door of Stevie’s room.

“There you are!” Stevie said excitedly, welcoming her friends. “I’ve been waiting for you for hours! Do you have any idea how lonely it is just sitting here in bed, wondering when my friends are going to arrive?”

Lisa breathed a sigh of relief. Now that sounded like the Stevie she knew and loved.

“It’s only a few minutes past noon,” Lisa reminded her. “And your mother said you just woke up half an hour ago. How lonely can you get in half an hour?”

“Very,” Stevie assured her. “But now that you guys are here, I’m not lonely anymore. I’m just happy as can be to see you. Tell me everything that’s been happening in the world without me there to make it interesting.”

Carole burst into giggles. It felt wonderful to have Stevie back in form. She was relieved, too. Maybe the doctor was right that there had never been anything to worry about.

“Well, nothing very exciting since the sign on Veronica’s back and our visit to Mickey Denver’s horse ranch,” Lisa said. “We did have a mounted Horse Wise meeting this morning, and it was a lot of fun. More fun than usual, in fact. I wonder why.”

“There’s only one thing that would make Horse Wise more fun than usual, and that is if Veronica isn’t there,” said Stevie.

“How did you know?” Carole asked her.

“So she wasn’t there?” Stevie responded.

“No,” said Lisa. “How did you know?”

“It’s just logical,” Stevie said simply. “Veronica’s a damp rag on any party. We all know that.”

“Yes, but you seem to know things we all don’t know,” Carole said.

Stevie rolled her eyes up at the ceiling. “Give me a break,” she said.

“Give me a break,” Carole countered. “I mean, you knew about Phil getting thrown by Teddy and you knew Starlight was going to step on my toe and you knew Lisa was calling Deborah Mom.”

“Just coincidences,” Stevie said.

“But what about your dream with the Point and Laugh sign?” Lisa asked her.

“What about it?” Stevie asked.

“Well, it was like you knew what was going to happen,” Lisa said. “Not that I really believe in that supernatural stuff or extrasensory perception or whatever it is; but Stevie, you’ve got to admit there’s something a little bit creepy going on here.”

“I don’t either,” said Stevie. “You guys just have the most fantastic imaginations.”

“Right,” said Carole. “Like we made it all up?”

“Just like that,” said Stevie. “You have made up a lot of things in the past few days, and I have to tell you, it’s upsetting to me when you do that.”

Lisa realized that Stevie meant what she was saying. She really was getting upset. Her face was reddening, and her eyes were welling with tears. Clearly the idea that she had some sort of superpower disagreed with her.

“Oh, Stevie, we’re only kidding,” Lisa said. “I guess when you’re not around with all your crazy schemes, Carole and I don’t know what to do with our time, so we make stuff up.

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