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The Ride to Save King
The Ride to Save King
The Ride to Save King
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The Ride to Save King

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As a killer hurricane approaches their town, Lysette and her mother have no trailer to transport their horse, King. They decide to ride him to shelter. Two days, down roads increasingly filled with scared, impatient people. One accident could be the end of King. Can they make it? Middle readers, (13,000 words or approx. 45 pages.)

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 4, 2013
ISBN9781301574223
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    The Ride to Save King - Camille LaGuire

    The Ride to Save King

    by Camille LaGuire

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    As a killer hurricane approaches their town, a girl and her mother decide to evacuate their horse by riding him to shelter.

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    First Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2013 Camille LaGuire. All rights reserved.

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    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1

    Chapter 2

    Chapter 3

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 5

    Chapter 6

    Chapter 7

    Chapter 8

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    back to Table of Contents

    Chapter 1 - 6:00 PM Sunday

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    LYSETTE SAT IN front of the television, watching images of one worried person after another. The hurricane was approaching Florida, and the reporters were interviewing people who said they would not leave their homes.

    I can’t leave, said the old woman, who held a little dog. This house is all I got, and the shelter doesn’t take pets. She hugged her dog tighter.

    A little dog like that, and the shelter wouldn’t take it. It was little enough, you’d think the old lady could have hid it in her purse. Not like a horse. What would you do with a horse?

    Lysette leaned back and looked out the window. There was King, his golden head leaning over the fence, trying to reach the long grass on the other side. What did he care about a big whirl of wind and rain? It was almost feeding time, and like any horse, he was thinking about his belly. Lysette turned back at the TV to get the weather report.

    What if the hurricane came here after Florida? What if it hit near Riverton? It could. That’s what the weatherman said. They weren’t right on the shore, but the land was low. Those winds were over a hundred miles an hour. King’s shed was just a lean-to. It would never stand up against a bad storm.

    King nickered when she got to the barn to feed him. She scooped up his grain and patted him.

    You don’t really love me, she said. You just love your corn.

    He nickered again, as if he agreed. She felt his eager, scratchy lips on the back of her hand as she dumped the grain in his bucket. She stroked his velvety nostrils and straightened his white mane. He was a palomino, fourteen years old–the same as she was. She could not remember a time when he was not her horse. She shivered when she thought what it might be like to do without him.

    She looked over the shed. It was pretty solid, but a bad storm could knock it down. Even if King was out in the pasture, the place was full of trees. King would never survive a hurricane. And Momma would never let her stay with him, if they had to evacuate. They’d just have to leave him there. Leave him behind.

    Lysette suddenly wanted to hear the news again. Even though there probably wasn’t anything new, she had to keep track of where the storm was coming. She hugged King and ran inside. She turned on the radio and the TV both.

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    WHEN MOMMA GOT home, she had lots of groceries with her. Lysette started to help her bring them in, but Momma stopped her.

    We’ll need those in the car, she said. In case we have to evacuate.

    You think we’ll have to?

    Maybe. Momma led the way into the house. Lysette followed her closely.

    What will happen if it hits here?

    We’ll lose our house, said Momma, taking a can of beans out of her sack and putting them on the counter with a thump. "And our clothes, and our things, and we won’t be able to buy more, because I’ll lose my job. There won’t be

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