Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo

Author:Kate DiCamillo [DiCamillo, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
ISBN: 978-0-7636-7408-3
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2014-09-21T16:00:00+00:00

The horse ate the first pot of noodles in a single gigantic gulp. As far as Leroy could tell, she didn’t even bother to chew.

When she was done, Maybelline lifted her head from the pot and looked at Leroy in a meaningful way. Leroy said, “Yippie-i-oh,” and he went running back into Unit 12 with the empty pot and started boiling more water. He opened another jar of tomato sauce. He made a second pot of spaghetti.

After that, he made a third pot of spaghetti.

By the time Maybelline was done eating, the stars were shining in the sky and the moon was looking down and there was not one noodle of spaghetti left in Unit 12.

Leroy Ninker was very tired. He leaned against his horse and looked up at the stars. But when he closed his eyes, what he saw was Patty LeMarque. Her face was as big as the moon, and her mouth was opening and closing, and opening and closing.

Leroy knew exactly what she was saying.

Patty LeMarque was reciting item three.

“Maybelline?” said Leroy.

Maybelline turned and put her nose in Leroy’s face.

“I have remembered item three,” said Leroy Ninker. “Item three is that you are the kind of horse who gets lonesome quick.”

Maybelline nickered.

“But you cannot fit inside Unit 12,” said Leroy.

Maybelline shook her head.

“Okay, then,” said Leroy. “I will stay here with you.”

He took off his boots. He removed his lasso. He loosened his belt. And then he lay down at Maybelline’s feet. He put his hat over his eyes. He sighed a happy sigh.

“I have made a lot of mistakes in my life,” said Leroy Ninker from underneath his hat. “I have done some things that I wish I had not done. I have taken some wrong turns.”

There was a long silence. Leroy moved his hat and looked up at Maybelline. The horse looked down at him. She was listening.

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