Horse Care by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82577-3
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2013-02-06T05:00:00+00:00

TEN MINUTES LATER, Lisa was about to suggest turning back again when Marguerite brought Amber to a stop. “Check it out,” the girl said.

Lisa followed her gaze. A narrow, overgrown trail led off at a right angle from the one they’d been following. “What is that?” she asked. “It looks like a deer track or something.”

“It’s one of the old trails,” Marguerite said. “My friends and I saw it last time, but we didn’t have time to follow it. We think it leads into the state park.”

“Oh.” Lisa glanced at her watch. “We probably should start heading back soon, don’t you think?”

Marguerite didn’t seem to hear her. She was staring eagerly at the tiny trail. “Let’s check it out,” she said. “It looks like it gets a little wider up a ways, see? It’ll be a hoot to follow it and see where it goes.”

Lisa hesitated. She didn’t think following the abandoned trail sounded like a “hoot” at all. It sounded like a sure way to end up with a lot of annoying little scratches on her hands and face—not to mention on the horses. But Marguerite was already looking at her suspiciously.

“Come on,” she said. “You’re not going to pull that safety warden thing this time, are you? Even you can’t possibly come up with anything dangerous about following a trail. I mean, we can turn back if it gets too rough for the horses.”

Lisa didn’t have an answer for that. And she was starting to have the nagging feeling that maybe she was being a spoilsport. She would never agree to gallop horses on a winding trail no matter what, but she knew that if Carole or Stevie had suggested exploring a new trail, overgrown or not, Lisa would have agreed without hesitation.

“All right,” she said reluctantly. “I guess the worst that can happen is we’ll get lost. And the horses can find their way home if that happens.”

“Whatever,” Marguerite said, looking pleased. “Let’s go!” She turned Amber and sent her plunging through the branches by the entrance to the trail.

Lisa sighed and followed.

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