Horse Wise by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82488-2
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-09-25T14:00:00+00:00

CAROLE FINISHED GROOMING Barq and gave him his feed. She was almost ready to find her father and leave for the day. First, though, out of habit, she walked along the hallway between the stalls, looking to see if anyone needed help with his horse. She didn’t have to go far before she found somebody who needed a lot of help. It was her own father.

Colonel Hanson was standing in Garnet’s stall, holding the horse’s reins in one hand and examining the bridle as if it were an interesting specimen under a microscope.

“What are you doing?” Carole asked somewhat impatiently. He did look a little stupid standing there.

“I’m trying to figure out how to take this, thing off,” he cheerfully replied. “Veronica told me she was tired after her ride and asked if I’d take care of her horse for her. I don’t mind, but how do you get this thing off?”

“I’ll do it,” Carole said, speaking more sharply than she meant to. Her father handed her the reins and stood back, watching her.

Carole was upset. Everything seemed wrong to her. How could it be that her very own father, who always knew everything, didn’t even know how to remove a bridle? How could he be a good sponsor for Horse Wise—Horse Dumb seemed more apt to her. Even worse, how could it be that somebody who didn’t deserve a horse could have one as beautiful and gentle as Garnet?

“Can I help you out there?” Colonel Hanson asked.

“No,” Carole said.

“Then maybe I should see if I can help somebody else.”

“Sure,” she said, although it occurred to her that if she didn’t want everybody to know how ignorant he was, it probably wasn’t a great idea to send him out as a helper. What was foremost in her mind, though, was Veronica’s carelessness. Her carelessness had cost the life of her last horse. What would it do this time?

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