Rescue by Jessie Haas

Author:Jessie Haas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2018-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

Baling Twine

Chess stayed till almost lunchtime. In the afternoon, Joni rode Archie over to Danae’s. Alyssa was there, and already it was starting to be like last summer. Danae would begin a sentence and Alyssa would finish it and Joni wouldn’t understand. Like when Danae said “I think we should—” and Alyssa said “go fishing!” and they both laughed. After that, “go fishing” was the end of every sentence, and they couldn’t explain because they were laughing too hard. “Go fishing” had happened since yesterday.

At least Danae was interested in last night’s riding lesson, and Joni was able to show off. The head-turning technique didn’t work as well without someone to mold her into the shape of a perfect rider. But when Joni pretended she was Mrs. Abernathy, she was able to turn Archie with a lot less effort than normal.

Danae wanted to try it, too. She got Pumpkin out, and Joni tried to explain how Mrs. Abernathy had aligned her. There were too many words, though, too many details. “Pretend you’re that plastic cowboy that goes with the gray model horse,” she said at last. The cowboy sort of plugged into the horse’s saddle. Pretending to be him, Danae looked plugged in as well. But Pumpkin still wouldn’t do the magic turn.

“Pretend you’re—” But Danae didn’t know Mrs. Abernathy. “Pretend you’re a queen!” Joni said.

Danae’s chin came up. Her face looked stern, she turned her head commandingly, and Pumpkin turned, too, as if the two of them were one. Danae pumped her fist. “We are going to rock 4-H camp! I can’t wait!”

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