The Keeper
Copyright© 2021 by Charly Young
Chapter 37
“How about Princess?” Charlie asked. She looked over at her new friend Katrinka who was walking beside her leading the small mare. The mare’s recovery was little short of miraculous, thanks to Amanda’s arts. Suzie had decided that the horse could be put out in the north pasture and the two girls were leading her there, trying to figure out a good name for her as they walked.
“It’s okay, I guess. Do you think he will let us name her? She’s his horse, isn’t she? Maybe he wants to name her.”
“Katrinka,” Charlie said in a small voice, “do you think Uncle Lachlan will get to like me? Mama said he was my uncle, but he never came to see us.”
“Oh, I bet he’ll like you fine. And wait till you taste the waffles he makes. Uncle Gus says that they are the best. And he likes to take me for ice cream, I bet he’ll take you too, if we ask him. I bet he’ll let us name her. Maybe we should do it before he gets back, then she’ll already have a name. It’ll be too late to change it. And he likes me, I can tell, so he won’t be mad.”
“How about Princess Jasmine?”
“Hello girls,” piped a voice out of the blackberry bushes by the fence.
“It’s a fairy,” Charlie gasped.
The two girls stared as the little creature emerged.
It was five or six inches high. One hand was withered. It had bright blue eyes and a merry smile.
“Do you live in there? How come you don’t get stuck with all the stickers. I don’t think I would like to live in a blackberry bush.”
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