Pony Tails 05- May Takes the Lead by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: E, YA
ISBN: 9781497653559
Publisher: Open Road Media Young Readers
Published: 2014-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

10 Back to the Basement

“May, you were great!”

“Wonderful!”

“I never had so much fun on my pony!”

“Wow, did you see all those people buying tickets?”

“Nice job, May.”

The compliments still rang in May’s ears. It was a wonderful feeling to have done something hard and done it right. At first she’d been a little mad about having to take charge. But being in the lead had been fun—especially since the whole thing had worked out so well.

She was still feeling a glow of happiness when she unloaded Macaroni from the van and took him into his stall.

“I never could have done it without you,” she said. “And now you deserve the biggest, best grooming in the whole wide world.”

Macaroni looked at her. He was waiting for his grooming.

May hated to disappoint him. “I’m sorry, good boy,” she said. “But I have to be in the basement to help Ellie and Dottie in exactly five minutes. They’ll be so mad at me if I don’t show up.”

Macaroni blinked his huge brown eyes. For the first time in a week, May didn’t feel furious at her sisters. After all, they’d been a big help to her today.

“But they still deserve revenge, Macaroni,” she told her pony. “They’re making me clean the basement so Dottie can have her stupid party first. Just wait till tonight when Dottie’s friends come over. I’ll show them. …”

The back door to her house slammed. A second later Jasmine and Corey dashed into the stable. May was surprised that they’d finished grooming their ponies so quickly. She was even more surprised that they’d come from her house instead of from across the lawn.

“Wasn’t that parade wonderful?” Jasmine asked.

“Dottie said they sold over a hundred tickets. Wait till Mom hears that!” said Corey.

Jasmine patted Macaroni. “Good boy,” she said. “You deserve a nice grooming.”

“I know he does, but I’ve got to get back to cleaning the basement,” said May.

“You can’t walk out on Macaroni now!” Corey said. “He did such a great job.”

“I know, but—” May began.

“Come on, May. That’s not fair to him,” said Jasmine.

May tried again. “But I promised my sisters—”

“Give me a break,” Corey said. “All week you’ve been talking about getting revenge on them; now you’re worried about breaking a promise?”

May shook her head. “That’s not it.…” She didn’t finish. She didn’t know how to tell her friends the real reason she wanted to go inside and help Dottie and Ellie. The other Pony Tails didn’t have sisters. They wouldn’t understand that it was part of her plan to get back at Dottie that night.

“Come on, May. We’ll help you groom Macaroni,” Jasmine offered.

“Okay.” May gave in finally. “But if the phone rings …”

“Don’t worry. We’re the Pony Tails. We can groom a pony in … two shakes of a pony’s tail!” said Corey.

Eagerly Corey and Jasmine pitched in to help. May had never seen them so enthusiastic.

“Shampoo!” said Jasmine.

“Cream rinse!” said Corey.

May was helpless to stop Jasmine and Corey from doing the best grooming any pony had ever seen.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.