And Mom answered the phone, because I was upstairs doing homework and listening to music. I didn’t even hear it ring. Since I hadn’t said a word to Mom about Pie in the Sky except ‘fine’, when she came upstairs and told me about it, she was all happy and excited. She sort of bounced into my room, and said, ‘Oh, that was Jane. She said that you are doing so well on Pie in the Sky that they want you to keep riding him. I don’t see how you can do that during the week, but maybe something will work out. Jane says that this is a big opportunity for you – Colonel Hawkins is so impressed by your riding, and he is not easy to impress! You should be proud, sweetie!’I nodded. Then I said, ‘But I don’t have time to ride our horses. And it’s getting dark earlier.’‘Well, I can help. I mean, your dad and I think you should be open to opportunities, and according to Jane, riding this horse is an opportunity.’‘I like him—’‘I can ride Morning Glory and Nobby.’I looked at her and said, ‘You can ride Blue if Dad is with you.
