The Painted Ponies Of Partequineus And The Summer Of The Kittens - Plot & Excerpts
School’s out! And I get to stay up later now. I went to the flying field with Jimmy and his Dad after supper tonight, and they let me fly his plane, and I even got to land it, only I kind of messed up, ’cause it went over on its nose and the engine stopped. I was afraid I broke it, but Jimmy just laughed and said he used to do that lots of times. He made me try again right away, ’cause he said it’s like when you fall off a horse you have to get right back on, or you’ll always be afraid later on. I know that’s a cliché, but I guess it’s true, ’cause when I tried to land the next time I was so nervous I was afraid to push the joystick that makes the plane come down, and it overshot the end of the field and fell into some weeds, only that was okay, because the weeds were soft so nothing got broken that time either. And Jimmy said, “See? You didn’t hurt it. So try again.” And guess what? The next time I tried it, I put that old plane right down in the middle of the field, and it only bounced once - well, maybe twice - and Mr.
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