THE UGLY PONY

BONUS TALE FROM MAGICAL ADVENTURES & PONY TALES

ANGHARAD THOMPSON REES

CONTENTS

The Ugly Pony

1. Stable Talk

2. Growing Pains

3. Breaking Out

4. A New Discovery

5. Feels like Home

Also by Angharad Thompson Rees

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THE UGLY PONY

“Her long mane and tail flowed, and somehow it looked like shimmering stars had become tangled within the ends.”

STABLE TALK

She ruffled in the straw, all gangly legs and awkwardness. In fact, her matchstick legs were so long the poor beast could barely hoist herself up from the ground. She twisted and turned, and got herself into all sorts of knots and shapes, covering her mane and tail with strands of golden straw in the process. But she smiled because the world was new and exciting, and this was the very first time the foal had opened her eyes.

Her mother looked down at her new-born in the cool, dark stable, then suddenly, her long face twisted in curiosity and … something more. Something a little alarming. She looked at her foal with an expression that appeared to be … disgust.