solution.
Carole rose and left her friends for a few minutes. She found Veronica in the stable office, picking up a piece of paper from Mrs. Reg’s desk.
“You can make the check out to CARL,” Carole said, interrupting Veronica’s snooping.
“Carole, you mean?” Veronica asked.
“No, CARL,” Carole told her. “The County Animal Rescue League. Tell your dad it’ll be tax-deductible,” she added. “That’ll make him happy.”
Veronica didn’t speak. She just dropped the paper she was holding back on the desk and left. Carole stood still, savoring the moment.
Before she returned to her friends, her curiosity overwhelmed her and she glanced at the paper that had been so interesting to Veronica. She had to look at it twice, and the second look confirmed what the first one had told her. She rushed back.
“You won’t believe it!” she said.
“She gave you cash?” Stevie said.
“No, not that, but it was wonderful. It’s absolutely perfect to make her pay for something to take ‘old nags’around town to get the veterinary care she doesn’t think they deserve. We are
wonderful
!”
“So what aren’t we going to believe?” Stevie asked.
“This was a better day than we even knew,” Carole said smugly.
“So?” Lisa urged.
“Well, Veronica was snooping when I found her and I sort of couldn’t resist, although you know I really don’t like snooping and think that what’s on people’s desks is their business and not mine and I wouldn’t like it if someone—”
“Carole!” Stevie said in frustration.
“It was a legal thingy,” Carole said. “At the top it said a whole bunch of stuff about the authority of the Cross County district attorney, blah, blah, blah—”
“Carole!” Lisa said.
“It’s a restraining order. It says that Paul Fredericks isn’t allowed within a hundred yards of Honey-Pie!”
“That’s to protect her from him!” Lisa said gleefully.
“So he can’t find a way to kill her and get his hands on Honey-Pie’s bank account!” Stevie said.
“Perfect,” Lisa agreed.
“Aunt Emma’s fortune will stay in Honey-Pie’s worthy and deserving … uh, hmmm … hooves,” Stevie said.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had a more satisfying day,”said Carole. “I mean, if you forget the part about searching fruitlessly, risking our lives going down that hill, letting Honey-Pie put herself in danger, getting Max angry at us—you know, all that stuff.”
“My favorite part is sticking it to Veronica,” Stevie said. “That makes any day perfect.”
“Well, there is one thing that’s pretty bad,” said Lisa.
Her friends looked at her.
“I think we’ve lost our opportunity to have a sail on Paul’s yacht.”
The girls laughed. It seemed a very small price to pay for such a victory.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
B ONNIE B RYANT is the author of more than a hundred books about horses, including The Saddle Club series, The Saddle Club Super Editions, the Pony Tails series, and Pine Hollow, which follows the Saddle Club girls into their teens. She has also written novels and movie novelizations under her married name, B. B. Hiller.
Ms. Bryant began writing The Saddle Club in 1986. Although she had done some riding before that, she intensified her studies then and found herself learning right along with her characters Stevie, Carole, and Lisa. She claims that they are all much better riders than she is.
Ms. Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She still lives there, in Greenwich Village, with her two sons.
Carole rose and left her friends for a few minutes. She found Veronica in the stable office, picking up a piece of paper from Mrs. Reg’s desk.
“You can make the check out to CARL,” Carole said, interrupting Veronica’s snooping.
“Carole, you mean?” Veronica asked.
“No, CARL,” Carole told her. “The County Animal Rescue League. Tell your dad it’ll be tax-deductible,” she added. “That’ll make him happy.”
Veronica didn’t speak. She just dropped the paper she was holding back on the desk and left. Carole stood still, savoring the moment.
Before she returned to her friends, her curiosity overwhelmed her and she glanced at the paper that had been so interesting to Veronica. She had to look at it twice, and the second look confirmed what the first one had told her. She rushed back.
“You won’t believe it!” she said.
“She gave you cash?” Stevie said.
“No, not that, but it was wonderful. It’s absolutely perfect to make her pay for something to take ‘old nags’around town to get the veterinary care she doesn’t think they deserve. We are
wonderful
!”
“So what aren’t we going to believe?” Stevie asked.
“This was a better day than we even knew,” Carole said smugly.
“So?” Lisa urged.
“Well, Veronica was snooping when I found her and I sort of couldn’t resist, although you know I really don’t like snooping and think that what’s on people’s desks is their business and not mine and I wouldn’t like it if someone—”
“Carole!” Stevie said in frustration.
“It was a legal thingy,” Carole said. “At the top it said a whole bunch of stuff about the authority of the Cross County district attorney, blah, blah, blah—”
“Carole!” Lisa said.
“It’s a restraining order. It says that Paul Fredericks isn’t allowed within a hundred yards of Honey-Pie!”
“That’s to protect her from him!” Lisa said gleefully.
“So he can’t find a way to kill her and get his hands on Honey-Pie’s bank account!” Stevie said.
“Perfect,” Lisa agreed.
“Aunt Emma’s fortune will stay in Honey-Pie’s worthy and deserving … uh, hmmm … hooves,” Stevie said.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had a more satisfying day,”said Carole. “I mean, if you forget the part about searching fruitlessly, risking our lives going down that hill, letting Honey-Pie put herself in danger, getting Max angry at us—you know, all that stuff.”
“My favorite part is sticking it to Veronica,” Stevie said. “That makes any day perfect.”
“Well, there is one thing that’s pretty bad,” said Lisa.
Her friends looked at her.
“I think we’ve lost our opportunity to have a sail on Paul’s yacht.”
The girls laughed. It seemed a very small price to pay for such a victory.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
B ONNIE B RYANT is the author of more than a hundred books about horses, including The Saddle Club series, The Saddle Club Super Editions, the Pony Tails series, and Pine Hollow, which follows the Saddle Club girls into their teens. She has also written novels and movie novelizations under her married name, B. B. Hiller.
Ms. Bryant began writing The Saddle Club in 1986. Although she had done some riding before that, she intensified her studies then and found herself learning right along with her characters Stevie, Carole, and Lisa. She claims that they are all much better riders than she is.
Ms. Bryant was born and raised in New York City. She still lives there, in Greenwich Village, with her two sons.
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