The Wild Boy and Queen Moon by K M Peyton

Author:K M Peyton
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781448157167
Publisher: RHCP

SANDY TOLD LEO what had happened, although she hadn’t intended to.

‘So he’s taking you to the party!’ Leo was deeply impressed.

‘No, of course not! It was Josie’s daft remark, but he never made a date or anything. I expect he’d die rather than take me.’

‘Who are you going with then?’

‘Nobody. You.’

Leo looked gloomy. She had asked Ian, and Ian had said he was going with Julia. ‘Blooming cheek. She asked him!’

‘He’s always stuck up for her rather,’ Sandy remarked, remembering how Ian had gone on the day she had made her terrible remark. At least Leo had gone off Julia now, which helped.

‘It doesn’t matter. We can go together.’

‘I thought Julia was in love with Tony.’

‘Yes, but Tony fancies Polly. Haven’t you noticed?’

‘She’s miles older than him.’

‘It’s all this schooling together. Every night. I never dreamed he’d get so keen.’

Polly’s strong will had prevailed upon Tony Speerwell and his riding had noticeably improved. They rode out together every night looking for cross-country jumps and King of the Fireworks had started to have faith in his rider as Tony learned to keep in tune with him. Tony was athletic and not unintelligent, and the thought of earning his auntie’s money kept him wonderfully on his toes. Also, as his confidence grew, he enjoyed it.

‘Who wouldn’t, with a horse like that?’ as Leo remarked.

Leo rode Empress of China more and more. Sandy wanted to make the fourth member of the team and rode the Empress as often as she could, but by the time she had done all the odd jobs round the yard, there wasn’t much opportunity. Faithful would jump anything for Julia and had an assured place in the team. Polly was already looking for schedules to find their first competition. Sandy reconciled herself, as always, to being a spectator. She hadn’t seen Jonas again, since her visit to Josie. That had all been a dream, too. Sometimes she wondered if that day had really happened. She wanted to ask Josie, but there was never any time to see her. Josie came over to see her mother with the baby, but mostly when Sandy was at school. Sandy went back into her gloom, dreading the party.

‘What are you going to wear?’ Leo asked her.

‘What am I going to wear?’ Sandy wept at her mother.

‘Parties are supposed to be happy things,’ her mother pointed out. ‘Josie goes to parties in those red dungarees. I thought it didn’t matter these days.’

Sandy wondered about borrowing the dungarees, but Josie was stick-thin. She didn’t have a pot like Sandy. Sandy breathed in and stood upright, and found she looked much better. Short skirts were in. Sandy had strong legs like tree-trunks. Standing up and breathing in didn’t make them look any better.

Julia had masses of clothes.

‘Come to mine and have a look through,’ she said.

Sandy had never been to Julia’s, so accepted her invitation out of curiosity. Julia’s mother had come to terms with her daughter’s preferred way of life and now paid Faithful’s

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