Stormy, Misty's Foal by Henry Marguerite

Author:Henry, Marguerite [Henry, Marguerite]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2012-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

Grandpa slid overboard, trying not to make a splash, trying not to panic them. Softly he called each one by name. “Nancy. Lucy. Polly. Gray Belle. Princess. Susy . . . ”

The low, husky voice was like a lifeline thrown to drowning creatures. They lifted their heavy heads and one tried a whinny, but it was no more than a breath blowing. They were held fast, rooted in the boggy earth.

Tom and Paul were beside Grandpa in an instant. Without any signals between them, they knew what had to be done. They must drive the ponies to higher land near Tom’s house, or they would die. Grim and determined, they maneuvered their way behind the ponies. Then grabbing pine boughs for clubs, they brandished them, whacking at the water, yelling like madmen, stirring the almost-dead things to life.

A pinto mare struggled free and led off in one desperate leap. The others stumbled after, trying to keep ahead of the wild thunder behind them. Scrabbling, crashing through uprooted trees, squeezing through bramble and thicket, they slogged forward inch by inch. And suddenly a mud-crusted stallion leaped out of the woods to join them.

“It’s Wings!” Paul shrieked.

Men and ponies both were nearing exhaustion. But still they drove on. They had to. Shoving the boat, the men nosed it into the laggards, frightening them ever forward.

And at last they were in Tom’s yard. Safe! As one, the ponies headed for the water barrel. Single-handed Grandpa overturned it, spilling out the dirty water tainted by the sea. He tried the spigot above it. “Pressure’s good!” he exulted. “They got to blow first, then they can drink.”

He and Tom and Paul were blowing, too. But it was a healthy blow. Something at last had gone right.

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