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Poppy’s mum, they were so popular there was a waiting list of girls and boys from town who wanted the chance to ride and care for a pony as if it was their very own. There were dressage and jumping lessons and hacking, and the best bit of all, a beach ride! Poppy had often seen groups of ponies and chattering, happy riders heading down to the wide sandy cove. She longed to canter along the beach, darting in and out of the shallow waves. And now, finally, she would, and on her dream pony!
“Definitely,” she said, hoping she sounded a little more confident than she felt. She sat back in her seat and looked at the bright cover of the booklet. A girl, being nuzzled by a beautiful pony, smiled back at her. “I’ll be fine.” She pointed across the cobbled yard, which was already busy with pony-camp kids and their parents. “I think that barn over there is where we stay.”
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