Mystery of the Wild Ponies by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Author:Gertrude Chandler Warner [Warner, Gertrude Chandler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4532-2134-1
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: 2011-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

“It’s Magic, the ghost horse!” Benny cried.

And then the horse was gone, vanished like a breath in the mist.

“I just had a glimpse,” said Henry. “Too foggy to tell what color it was.”

“Let’s follow him,” Benny suggested. “Maybe we can catch him!”

Ragged clouds closed over the moon, shutting out the light. Like ghostly smoke, fog blanketed the beach.

“The fog is even heavier now,” Henry said. “It’s too dangerous. We have to go back.”

Jessie shivered. What had they just seen?

The next morning was clear, with no sign of fog. After a quick breakfast, the Alden children hurried to the beach.

“I put the bucket right here,” said Jessie. “It’s gone! So is my plate of food.”

“The person we saw last night was walking up here,” said Henry. Soon he found a line of prints. He put his own foot next to one. “A little bigger than mine.”

“It could be an older boy,” said Jessie. “Like Jeremy or one of his friends.”

“Those prints could also belong to a woman,” Violet pointed out. “Like Winifred. We’re in front of her house.”

“Shad’s feet aren’t very big, either,” Benny added. “Let’s see if we can find hoofprints.”

But last night’s tide had washed the shoreline clean.

“We definitely saw a horse,” said Jessie. “We couldn’t have all been dreaming.”

“But who was the person?” Violet asked.

“Let’s go visit Winifred,” suggested Henry. “We can ask her if she was out walking last night. And we can look at the size of her shoe at the same time.”

For once, Winifred Gorman seemed to be waiting for the Aldens. She was standing in her carport, hands on her hips.

“There you are!” she said, her face angry under the straw hat. “I have a bone to pick with you kids!”

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