Dear
Deanna
Never give up on wanting a pony! When I asked my mom about your
problem, she said you may be able to have one sooner than you think.
Lots
of kids can't get to a real stable whenever they want to. Sometimes
it is too far to drive, sometimes it is too expensive. That is why
my mom is making a Club Pony Pals online riding game. In Club Pony
Pals Crandal stables will come to life in your computer!
Players
will be able have their own pony, to love, to care for and to ride
on out trail.
Mom
promised she will add your email address to the game tester list
for Club Pony Pals. She says CPP game testers will be the very first
to try riding their new online pony. That will happen very soon!
Look for a special game tester email to learn more!
Pony Pals,
P.S. Lightning is good. We rode a lot this week and she is tired,
though.
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Dear Samantha
The reason I asked about house floats is my mom told me that in
England house trailers are called caravans. I thought maybe that
in Australia they were called that too.
In Pony Pals book #21 "The Winning Pony" you can read
a little about why I don't like riding in horse shows. Here’s
a hint - when I was only five I came down with chicken pox at a
horse show. You'll have to read that book to find out the rest.!
;-)
Pony Pals,
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Dear
Pam, You can find out all about Sinkholes on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole.
Sounds like ya'll had fun. Hope Jack and Jill had some dry clothes.
Mom and I ride Annie a lot too.
I know Woolie bugs you a lot, but he wants to spend time with you.
There
is a way to prevent Woolie from following you when ya'll go on picnics.
Get Jack and Jill to distract Woolie by playing with him or giving
him
the old scratch reflex. The old scratch reflex is a special spot
on
dogs where the love to be scratched.
Annie gets the old scrach reflex on her neck everytime we brush
her with the curry comb. Mom calls it the old horse scratch reflex.
Sincerely, Cayce
Dear Cayce
Wow! Sinkholes are pretty scary to me! We don't have them here.
There are lots of other states in the USA that have them, like Pennsylvania,
Florida, Texas and Utah. Most of those places have limestone underground.
When rain sinks into the ground, it dissolves that rock making an
underground cave. After a long time, the dirt on top of the cave
can't hold together any more and then it sinks or opens up. That's
what makes a sinkhole.
Some
of them can be very big, like this one in Pennsylvania that sucks
down part of the Schuylkill River!
Photo courtesy of http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/sinkholes/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=504080
Or
this one that opened up in downtown Allentown
Photo courtesy of http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/hazards/corpplaza.aspx
For
that hole they ended up tearing down the building!
You
are right, our picnic was really fun. Woolie has a scratch reflex
spot, too. When we went on our picnic with Ms. Wiggins Jack and
Jill were in the pony cart, so they were busy.
Lots
of ponies get that look when they are scratched. You know the one.
Where their eyes close a little bit and they stretch their neck
out and their upper lip stretches out and trembles… ahhh…
yes… That's the spot!
Pony Pals,
PS. Anna drew a picture of the pony scratch reflex for you!
