Spirit Riding Free: Abigail's Diary by Stacia Deutsch

Author:Stacia Deutsch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2018-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Diary Entry

Dear Diary,

I can’t believe this is happening.

Without that badge, we’ll never get the votes for the Hungerford Heart. I know, I know… that’s not how it works, but seriously, who’s going to vote for the herd who can’t even make a horse beautiful?

I’m so sad. I want to go home. I even started packing.

Lucky stopped me. She said that we could go home if I really wanted to, but she also reminded me there were still a trail ride and the big showcase. We should have fun at the Jamboree. She also really wants the Saddle Showcase badge, and so does Pru, so we shouldn’t leave.

Pru reminded me that you didn’t have to earn all the badges to be in the running to get votes for the Hungerford Heart.

But I know it helps! A lot! No one will vote for a herd who didn’t get a badge. Especially one as easy to earn as the Majestic Mare badge!

After a whole minute of deep thinking, I decided to stay and was unpacking when Snips stuck his head in the tent. He blamed Lucky and Pru and me for messing up his plans. Then Snips announced that we’d get our badges tomorrow for certain. He ran away before I could say anything.

Lucky tried to grab his foot to stop him, but she missed. He rolled out of the tent and dashed away, shouting something about how the trophy would be coming to Miradero whether we liked it or not.

I am so mad at Snips for ruining everything, but I’m not giving up. Maybe Pru and Lucky are right, and we can still get the votes for the Heart. We just need to be the most virtuous herd at the Jamboree.

The rest of the day is going to be great. We are going on a trail ride. No badges to earn. A quiet ride will help me think about how we can prove ourselves honorable, compassionate, and valorous. (I’ll work on honesty later—Snips is a big problem for that one.) It’s just me, Boomerang, our old friends, and our new friends going on a ride around the valley and down by the river.

I can’t wait.

And the best part about it is, since it’s not a badge or competition, Snips won’t think he should “help.”

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