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Pony News, Views and Attitudes -- Vol. 1
Number 47 -- June 9-15, 2008
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Delaney and Blondie
Don't you think that Delaney's
pony
looks a lot like Snow White? Delaney writes, "In this picture it
looks like Blondie's saying 'Hey. Lets go!'" |
Game Testers
Still Signing Up
Last week Jane Crandal found that there are
many Wiggins Weekly readers and volunteers who are
willing to help test a new Pony Pals game. But she
would still like to hear from some more.
"Watching the artwork get built makes me
really happy," Crandal said. "I can't wait to hear
what testers think."
"Wiggins is so beautiful, and everyone working on this
game is wondering how testers will react," she laughed.
All testers need a broadband internet connection and a computer
to try out the game . The game does not require downloading
anything. It is played completely on the internet, inside a
browser.
Updates about the game and its testing
process will be posted here in the Weekly. Anyone who
was selected to be a tester will get an email soon with more
information.
ClubPonyPals
game
Screen shot of Main Street
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This Week's Survey
Where would you rather watch a Pony
Pals movie?
Last Week's Survey
Results
Other places Club Pony Pals members will play
the game included:
on the way to a place, on the computer, in the car and at friend's house. |
Club
Pony Pals
Letters & Drawings
Hi,
My name is Jessica and I would like to sign up. I LOVE the Pony
Pals books. They are my fave! I wish I had my own Pony. I just love
them and they are soo cute. So anyway, I WOULD LOVE TO SIGN UP!
From Jessica.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
PONIES FOREVER
Alyce
P****r trivia:
There are 15,180 people in the U.S. with the first name Alyce.
Statistically the 1495th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Alyce are
female.
There are 2,277 people in the U.S. with the last name P****r.
Statistically P****r is the 13600th most popular last name
There is 1 person in the U.S. named Alyce P****r.
Dear
Pony Pals Jessica and Alyce
Thanks
for your letters. Welcome to Club Pony Pals!
WebMaster
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Hi
hi hi I just wanted to tell you i want to be a tester!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and are we still using the maps? well bye. isabelle
ps..what is the email adress of summer f?
Dear
Pony Pal Isabelle
You
are on the list to be a tester, along all the other Pony Pals
who wrote in wanting to help. Yes, the map
contest is still going on.
Club
Pony Pals does not share contact information from one Pony Pal
to another. We will never ask you for any information about
where you live, your last name or phone number. You can write
to Summer through the Wiggins Weekly and we will forward your
emails.
Thanks
for writing.
WebMaster
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I
would like to sign up. I used to be subscribed on my old email
address, But I want to be subscribed with my new one Thanx!
Arahsay (Sarah)
Earday Arasay,
Eway avehay angedchay ouryay addresshay.
Anksthay orfay itingwray.
Onypay Alspay,
WebMaster
hankstay.
I eallyray iklay ouryay ebsiteway. I am otnay eryvay oodgay
tay igpay-atinlay, utbay I iklay otay maileay niay hattay
ecausebay it is unfay.
incerelysay,
Arahsay
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"Snow White and
Lulu"by Delaney
Hello
WebMaster!
I would like to sign up for the
Wiggins Weekly e-newspaper and I would like to be a game tester
please!
I am pony pal Jazz, I started to read these books when I was nine
I am eleven now.
Now I own my own pony Kizzie she is just like snow white! I really
enjoy the books and thank you so much for making this site!
When will the game come out? How do you talk to Anna?
Thanks for the website again! Happy pony trails! Kind regards,
Dear Pony
Pal Jasmine
Your email
was really cute, with animations of a pony eating an apple and lots
of flowers and pony pictures. Thanks for sending it.
Kizzie sounds
great, send a picture of you and her so we can all see what you and
her look like.
You can write
to Anna care of the Webmaster
on this site. Only Club Pony Pals members can write to Anna directly.
This week's
lead article has more information about the game, and you can also
read more in the NB Elementary section below. We look forward to hearing
more about your adventures.
WebMaster
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We
want your drawings or letters! Send them in to the Wiggins Weekly.
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Picture
It
The
story so far....
Ponigirl writes:
In the picture
it looks like the horse is saying, "What's that? Is it edible?"
Pam Crandal writes:
Meredith tells
her horse, "You silly, I'm learning to drive…."
NB Elementary writes:
"You'll hurt
my feelings. Why are you riding that funny little machine instead
of me?" whinnies Squirrel.
Pam Crandal writes:
Meredith laughs.
Then she says, "You are too big for me, Squirrel. I want a
pony. Then I would ride with the Pony Pals, and...."
Summer F. writes:
"I'm not
too big!" neighs Squirrel. "I'm just the right size!"
Lulu Sanders writes:
Meredith thought
Squirrel was funny. She looked very serious. Really she was trying
not to laugh. Then she said, "Some little ponies want to be
big horses. You're lucky to be so big. "
Summer F. writes:
"I am not
too big!" yelled Squirrel. "See, I can lay down and you
can just hop on!"
Anna Harley writes:
Squirrel sniffed
the ground with his nose. He pawed the dirt and bent his front legs.
Then he bent his back legs. Whump. He was on the ground. "Its
nice down here," Squirrel thought. "While I'm down here
I'll ...."
Isabelle M. writes:
"... just
eat some of this clover. Hey when are you getting on?????!"
Anna Harley writes:
Meredith looked at Squirrel decided maybe jumping on without
a saddle or bridle could mean problems.
Isabelle M. writes:
"Ok Squirrel
I will go home and see if I can find someone to ride you."
Anna Harley writes:
Meredith drove off to the barn. When she got there she
was really surprised because she found...
What happens next? Write in and tell us
-- you can help write this new Club Pony Pals e-story!
Send your e-story idea to WebMaster@clubponypals.com
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Hi!!
I'm sooo excited about the new virtual pony pal world aren't you?
You are soo lucky you're one of the pony pals! Please write back
soon. Your pony loving friend, Jeanne (JJ)
PS. When does the virtual world come out? Also, where do I subscribe
to the testing thing?
dear
pam,I really like your pony lighting! I wish I could have a connemara
pony too. and how is lighting doing? Deanna
Dear
JJ and Deanna
Wow thanks for your letters!I'm so glad to hear from you!
It's been pretty
crazy around here with my Mom spending all her time working on the
Pony Pals game. It's exciting, too. When one person in a family
is working a lot, the others have to pitch in and help.
This week I even
pretty much made dinner twice so she could give lessons and work
instead of cooking!(We had fish sticks and oven fries and a salad
for one meal, for the second one I cooked frozen lasagne and made
another salad. I like cooking sometimes, then my Dad did the dishes!)
My Mom told me
that a small part of the Wiggins virtual world will come out soon
for testers to try. Then the world will start to get bigger as more
and more parts get built.
Riding will be
a big part of that world. You will get to see what my home town
looks like. You can groom and take care of a pony. It is really
going to be fun!
Lightning is good.
I took her out on trail this week and she stepped on a rock so she
was a little lame for a few days. My Dad said that it was a 'stone
bruise' so I kept her in her stall and the paddock for three days.
Now she is fine and I got to ride this weekend.
Write
back and tell me how you are doing.
Pony
Pals,
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Dear
Lulu,
How's Snow White? Write me back when you get the chance.
Victoria
Lulu
HEY WUT
Kira
Hi!!! OMG!!! I CAN'T believe I'm talking to Lulu Sanders!!!!!
I love the pony pals and I can't wait to get your reply for
this e-mail! Do you want to be friends?Can you ask Pam if she
wants to be my friend too? This is the best day ever! Can I
join the Pony Pals club? You guys are in so many books! Well
I gotta go. Bye! Your pony loving friend, JJ
Dear
Victoria, Kira and Jeanne
It's been so long since I got any letters I thought everyone had
forgotten me! Then this week I got three from you guys and a letter
from my Dad in Africa, saying he was coming back to Wiggins for
a few weeks this summer. I feel really happy.
Snow
White is great. She and Acorn have been working hard at riding
because we are practicing for a big show later this month at Olson's.
I want to ride her in gymkhana events and we are practicing for
the pole bending and barrel races.
This
week we have been helping Ms. Wiggins clean out an old part of
her barn. There were lots of old pieces of equipment, dusty old
horse blankets and what Ms. Wiggins called "detritus."
I think that means junk. She's making us new matching periwinkle
blue shirts to wear at the show. She special ordered the fabric
-- it has sparkles in it!
I'm glad you've
read so many books about us. When you're in a book it is weird
sometimes because people know so much about you and they know
you as a friend, but you don't know much about them. Write back
and tell me what's going on with you!
Your friend,
P.S. 2 Kira -
WUT R U up 2? L
P.P.S. JJ - Pam
said to tell you that you're now official friends.
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LETTER
TO ANNA
Dear
Anna
Hi.I'm Jeanne but you can call me Jay because it's not only
the first letter in my name but it's my favorite bird. I hope
we can be friends so I could be a pony pal too. We would have
so much fun e-mailing back and forth to each other. Hope you
say yes! Gotta go! Bye! Your pony loving friend, Jeanne
Dear
Jeanne
You
have the same first name as another friend. She is an author
who writes books. Some of them are about us!
Club
Pony Pals is the best way to find other Pony Pal friends.
My
favorite bird is a robin. I like how they hop around looking
for worms in pastures at Olson's Horse Farm.
Pony
Pal & your friend,
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Club
Pony Pals
Local Chapters' Letters
Filly
Friends Club
Hey
WebMaster! My friend Coley and I were reading your latest Wiggins'
weekly and saw the girl who had the Horses E-A-C, an that reminded
us to tell you about our club (which only has 2 people in it: in hopes
of getting more). our club is called the FFC ( filly friends club)
and we've had it for a while now. We have it outside at my house and
talk about our weekly experiences with horses. We also sometimes have
problems to work out in the club. To be in the club you have to
love ponies and everything about them (of course), be willing to work
out problems. Those are a couple of the things you have to do. really,
the important thing is just to love horses.
See yah later,
Audrey & Coley
Pony
Pals2
My
friends and I have arranged a club called Pony Pals2. We take turns
being pony pals. My last shift was Pam! Even though we don't have
ponys we either use some from my friends riding lessons or we pretend.
Jeanne (JJ)
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This Week's
Pony Pal Photos
Aphrodite,
and her horse, Dream
Delaney writes
"in this picture it looks like Blondie is saying, 'Yeah. It's
jumping time.'"
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NB Elementary
I'm Madison.
My sister, Meredith, and her friend, Michael, want to be PP club
members They also want to be game tester.
P. S. Our barn
party photos will get to you asap...today's the last day of school.
Mrs. S.
The Wiggins Weekly is still looking for the photos
of your NB Elementary Pony Pal barn party.
There is still room for more game testers. If you want
to test the game, you must be able to connect to
the internet with your computer. Club Pony Pals' online game has
lots of pictures, so players will have to have 'broadband' or 'high-speed'
access to the internet.
To volunteer to become a tester, Club
Pony Pals members should email
Club Pony Pals and write a note that says "I want to be
a game tester." Each tester will who is signed up will get
an email this week with more information.
Until then the Wiggins Weekly is the best way to find
out what is happening with the game.
WebMaster
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Three
Pony Pals Thoughts for the Day -- by Tim Huppe, courtesy of Small Farmer's
Journal
Stop and rest at the bottom of each hill so your pony can catch its
wind.
Be firm, decisive and consistent.
Murphy's Law is alive and well in the woods. |
