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expression on his face as he pulled the rope loose. On the other side, Gracie was looking a little worried as her pony flattened his ears back and bobbed his head up and down. Poppy gave Henry’s lead rope a gentle tug and with a loud groan the dark bay shuffled behind her out into the sunlight.
As Poppy brushed his coat with a rubber curry comb, Henry rested a leg and closed his eyes. Poppy looked over his back and across the yard to where Silver Shadow, or Misty as everyone else knew him, stood. Misty was tied up outside his stable, his head held high as he surveyed the comings and goings. Unlike Henry, whose bottom lip was now drooping heavily, Misty was almost buzzing with energy, the muscles rippling under his spotless white coat. Poppy wondered if he was looking for her as he danced around. She sighed, turning back to Henry and starting on the tangles in the pony’s coarse mane.
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