Pony Jumpers 6- Six to Ride by Kate Lattey

Author:Kate Lattey [Lattey, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: E, YA
Published: 2016-01-09T05:00:00+00:00

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Early the next morning, when I was walking Molly and Puppet out for a pick of grass and a leg stretch, I spotted the massive silver truck with Little River Farms emblazoned on the side in fancy lettering. The vehicle was crawling with grooms, all dressed in identical monogrammed polo shirts and caps, but I saw no sign of Marlene. I wasn’t sure if I was disappointed or relieved. As Molly dragged me closer in pursuit of the most succulent grass, I looked carefully at each of the grooms, trying to recognise the girl who’d ridden Tori before me, but I couldn’t identify her amongst the masses.

I was walking back to the stables when I met Jonty. He was leading Misty out for a walk, and the chunky grey pony was being a handful as usual, trumpeting a welcome to my ponies as we approached, arching his muscular neck and pricking his curved ears forward almost far enough for them to touch. He danced on the spot slightly, looking like he was about to explode, but Jonty stood calmly at the end of the leadrope and laughed at him.

“Don’t be an egg, you’re not impressing anyone,” he told the grey pony, then grinned at me. “Morning.”

“Don’t remind me,” I grumbled.

It was barely seven o’clock, and I could still feel the sleep gathered in the corners of my eyes. I hadn’t bothered to get properly dressed before walking the ponies out, and the cuffs of my pyjama pants were soaked with dew. Jonty, in contrast, was fully dressed and looked bright and alert.

“Early starts are good for you,” he insisted. “Puts hair on your chest.”

“Just what I always wanted.”

I halted my ponies a couple of metres away, and Molly immediately resumed grazing. Puppet was interested in meeting Misty, but a sharp tug on his leadrope let him know that I firmly disapproved of that idea. My pony didn’t need to have a chunk gouged out of his face by Misty’s ever-ready teeth.

“Sorry mate,” Jonty told the grey gelding as he strained towards my grazing ponies. “Well, I guess I should keep him moving.”

“Okay. Hey, wait!” I called, and Jonty looked back at me, stopping in his tracks. I was fed up with guesswork, and feeling out of the loop. Plus I’d promised AJ that I’d do my best to find out, and not even asking the question wasn’t going to cut the mustard with her. “Can you please tell me what’s going on? I can’t get anything out of Tess, but we’re really worried about her, and Hayley. We are her friends, you know.”

Jonty frowned, running his tongue over his teeth as he clearly struggled to know how to answer. “Look, it’s not up to me to say anything,” he finally said.

“But you know what’s going on.”

“Well, yeah. But it’s not my place to talk about it.”

I huffed out an impatient sigh. “Well, can you at least get Tess to come talk to me? AJ and I are worried, and it’s starting to feel like she doesn’t trust us.

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