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    Jigsaw Pony
    Jigsaw Pony
    Jigsaw Pony
    Ebook72 pages1 hour

    Jigsaw Pony

    By Jessie Haas and Ying-Hwa Hu

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    The only thing twins Fran and Kiera have ever agreed on is thatit would be wonderful to own a pony -- a pony they could gallop and leap over jumps.

    One day their father brings them Jigsaw, a Shetland pony who needs a new family. Jigsaw is the perfect pony. He can do anything -- even fit himself into Dad's station wagon for the ride home.

    But with Jigsaw comes trouble. The more Fran and Kiera like something, the harder it is for them to share. And they love Jigsaw. Worse, Jigsaw won't gallop far and he won't leap more than a couple of jumps. Is something wrong with the way the twins ride? Or is something wrong with Jigsaw?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 9, 2010
    ISBN9780062069528
    Jigsaw Pony
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    Jessie Haas

    Jessie Haas is the author of numerous acclaimed books for young people, including Unbroken, which was a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a School Library Journal Best Book, a Parent's Choice Gold Award winner, a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and CCBC Choice. Her most recent novel, Shaper, won a Golden Kite Honor Award.

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      Twins Fran and Kiera can't agree on anything - except that they want a horse, very badly. When their mail man father arrives home with a small black and white pony in the back seat of his car, they're thrilled. Except they have to share! With charts to divide chores - they fight over who gets to muck his stall first even with spaghetti straws to determine precedence. But something is not quite right with Jigsaw.... something even lots of love may not be able to correct. Can Fran and Kiera work out their differences for the sake of their pony?Haas has written another lovely pony book. Although Jigsaw is perhaps a bit too accommodating to be believed - the backseat of the car?! - old ponies certainly do learn to put up with a lot. (I should know - among other things, I dressed my first pony up in a Thoroughbred blanket (reached the ground) tied it on with twine, and decorated him with flowers.) The woven wire fence the illustrator depicted didn't thrill me, either. But those minor details aside, this is a wonderful little easy reader book for new readers with a love of horses. And yes, I was sniffly when I finished it.

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    Jigsaw Pony - Jessie Haas

    CHAPTER ONE

    Jigsaw

    When Jigsaw had Valerie nearly trained, she moved away.

    Jigsaw was an old pony by then. Valerie was his fourth girl.

    The other three were grown-ups now. They had pictures on their walls of Jigsaw, with horse show ribbons, with Christmas wreaths. Pictures of them hugging him. Pictures in heart-shaped frames.

    But Jigsaw had not seen any of them in years. Now Valerie was gone, too, so far away that her letters took a week to come. Jigsaw lived in a big weedy pasture on a lonely hill. Next to the pasture lived Valerie’s grandmother, in a lonely house.

    The grandmother watched Jigsaw out her window. She was lame. She rode an electric cart to the mailbox to get Valerie’s letters.

    The mailbox was at the bottom of the pasture. Jigsaw often met Valerie’s grandmother there, but she couldn’t pat him. There was a ditch next to the fence. The cart couldn’t cross it.

    What am I going to do with you, Jig? the grandmother asked. I can’t take care of you. I can barely take care of myself.

    Jigsaw had no answer. But as the days passed, the grandmother watching out her window noticed something.

    Early every afternoon Jigsaw lifted his head. He pointed his ears toward the road and listened.

    Then he trotted down through the weeds. He dodged the thistles. He hopped over the fallen log and got to the mailbox just as the mailman did.

    The mailman parked his car. He took the grandmother’s letter out of the box. He put Valerie’s postcard in.

    Next he pulled an apple from his pocket. He hopped across the ditch and gave the apple to Jigsaw.

    Crunch munch slobber—Jigsaw ate the apple quickly. He reached over the fence again. He and the mailman sniffed noses.

    Poor little guy, the mailman said. Who takes care of you? He looked up at the house, but he never saw anyone.

    One day when Jigsaw and the mailman were sniffing noses, the mailman said, Oh, look at you!

    Big brown burrs were stuck to Jigsaw’s sides. His mane was matted together. His tail looked like a fat brown stick.

    The burrs were itchy. Normally Jigsaw didn’t go near them. But the rest of the grass was eaten down short. Jigsaw had to eat where the burrs grew or go hungry.

    The mailman—his name was Mr. Shaw—looked around. Nobody was in sight. He ducked under the fence and

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