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 the sun. My horse couldn't keep up with such a fleet steed. He gallops off with the speed of the wind."

Scobee felt very self-conscious as he took his mother's hand. He'd picked a good Cloud-Horse all right. His mother was the best playmate ever. He felt sorry for all other boys who didn't have such a lovely mother.

Ardell's cheeks were flushed as she walked with her little boy down toward the river. Oh, it was wonderful to be able to walk with him like this. Her very heart was singing, no wonder she could not keep the glad song from her lips.

And now they had reached the river-side. Ardell sat down in the shadow of a tree while