She saw the two boys looking at the pictures.
“I tell you what we might do one day if it is raining. That is to find all the pictures of horses in these books and arrange them together so that we create a parade of horses all of our own.”
The boys stared at her.
“I suppose there are pictures in these books,” Peter said, “but we have never seen them.”
“Of course there are pictures in these books! We will have a race to see who gets the most horses first. Then you must convince your father that you are really fond of horses and I am sure he will let you ride in London. Or anywhere else you happen to be.”
“He just might do that – ”
“I would like to show you a picture of my favourite stallion called Sunbeam.”
“Oh, that’s a nice name,” Simon called out.
“What you have to do is to ma
