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fun to be with, but boyfriends are the pits. You wouldn’t catch me putting thick foundation on my face every day before school. Who is it supposed to attract?
In the afternoon, Saffron went straight from school to the paddock. She had put carrots, bread and apples into her schoolbag that morning. She got her crash-cap and bridle from the shed and walked up the track towards the mob of horses. She could see fresh imprints of tyres with heavy tread in the soft earth as she walked along.
Saffron thought, I wonder who's been driving around in here? None of the regular riders are here yet - it's too early. That vehicle must have been driving around in the paddock too. I can tell by the way the grass has been squashed in parallel lines.
She caught her horse. She was still dressed in her school- uniform, so she vaulted onto Magic and cantered bareback towards Rocky Knoll. As she reached the base of the hill, Mobo flew down to greet her.
‘Mobo! You’ve just got to tune into the T.V. tonight! It’s on the A.B.C. ... You know ... the one that "Sesame Street" and "Playschool" are on. The scientists who came here are going to be on it. The Green Mountain campaign’s going to the whole country!’
‘I shall view this, Ronnie, when will it be?’
‘It’s on at six thirty p.m. - uh ... when the sun is nearing the horizon,’ she amended, realizing that human time would probably be meaningless to a bird. ‘Have you heard anything new?