Patric the Pony and the Flash of Lightning
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"Run, run for your life," said Harry as he ran by. "They found me. They're coming," and away he ran up the hill.
"Who found you?" wondered Patric as he followed Harry as fast as he could. "Who is coming?" he asked the rabbit as they ran but all the rabbit could say was "Faster, Patric, faster."
When he reached the top of the hill, Patric could see Harry running up and down in front of the fence. To Harry the fence looked as if it reached up to the sky. "No way out, no way out. What shall I do, what shall I do?" he cried. "This will eat me, this time they will eat me!"
Patric jumped on top of the big flat rock and looked down the hill. It was then that he saw them in the moonlight. Narrow, dark shadows with long legs trotting up the hill towards them. Coyotes! The coyotes were coming.
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An exciting story with a happy ending. The values of friendshiip, loyalty, understanding of the coyotes and their hunger, and the giving of ones word as a contract, are the themes of this Patric the Pony story.
Patric the pony hides his friend Harry the rabbit in a tree to save him from the coyotes. When Patric refuses to hand Harry over, the coyotes decide to eat him too.
Just when Patric thinks that all is lost, he and Harry are saved by the sudden ghostly appearance of the elegant, white borzoi dog Eclair, who jumps the fence and dispatches the coyotes.
She then remembers she has a show the next day. "Am I still beautiful?" she asks Patric.
About the Author
Lin Edmonds is the pen name of Lin Harbertson. Lin lives in California with her husband, four dogs and two ponies. She was inspired to write these stories for her grandchildren by Patric, a special pony with a sense of humor.