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facts.”
“First off, it doesn’t look like Foxy escaped from Chestnut Grove by himself,” Charlie said, leaning against the thick, rough tree trunk. “He’d have turned up somewhere by now if he had.”
“So that means that he must have been taken by someone deliberately,” Alice concluded.
“Amber reckoned he was most likely taken by a rival,” Rosie said.
“Someone at camp took
Pony Mad
,” Miasaid as she wrote, “then hid it in the muck heap. But
only
after they’d ripped out part of the article that had a few facts about Foxy in it. Do you reckon there was something in that article they didn’t want anyone to see?”
“Well, if that
is
the case,” Alice said, starting to smile, “then someone here knows more about Foxy’s disappearance than they’re letting on.”
“Yup, and we think we may have an idea now who that might be,” Charlie said, feeling excited. Between them the girls relayed the conversation they’d just overheard to Mia.
“So, hang on,” Mia said slowly, “Amber thought that a rival who wanted to ruin Lily’s chances of success at Burghley might have stolen Foxy. But, if we’ve understood what you heard correctly, maybe Freddie’s trying to scupper Lily’s chances, leaving the path clear for his girlfriend, Georgie Belle, to win instead!”
“Freddie saw me with
Pony Mad
, too,” Rosie added.
“And he’s local, don’t forget,” Mia said, hastily scribbling. “So he must know the area like the back of his hand.”
Charlie gasped. “Remember the hack on our first day? We all rode off to search the lanes and fields. But Freddie said immediately that he’d check out the estate.”
“And if Freddie wanted to hide Foxy, it would have to be somewhere that he could easily keep an eye on him!” Rosie joined in. “Like right here! And, now he’s supposedly checked the estate and said Foxy’s not here, no one’s likely to go poking around, are they?”
Charlie, Mia and Rosie grinned at each other.
“Now all we have to do is find where he’s hidden Foxy, and that’s it.” Charlie smiled. “Our first celebrity case will be wrapped up!”
The girls stood up, stretching their aching legs. Scout walked purposefully over to them and the girls made a fuss of him, scratching hiswithers as he stretched out his neck, his upper lip wobbling in pleasure.
“So what do we do next?” Rosie asked.
“We’ve got the treasure hunt tomorrow afternoon,” Mia said, checking a copy of the camp timetable she’d tucked into the front of her notebook. “And that’s the perfect excuse to search every corner of the estate. If Foxy’s here somewhere, the Pony Detectives will find him!”
Alice patted Scout, then the girls headed to the post-and-rail fencing, climbing over it on their way back to the stables.
“I never thought I’d say this,” Charlie grinned, “but I actually can’t wait to get our first session of cross-country over with tomorrow. Then we can get on with the treasure hunt! This time tomorrow, Foxy’s mysterious disappearance may be solved!”
“And that might cheer Amber up at last,” Mia said. “It doesn’t seem like she’s enjoying camp much…”
At breakfast on Tuesday morning, Amber stood staring at the updated score sheet pinned up above the cereals. She was still at the top, but her lead had decreased, and Holly had risen to joint third with Charlie. There were only twelve points in it. Mia was still ahead of them, because her turnout points were so high.
“Awesome, we’re joint fourth!” Destiny beamed at Alice as she grabbed some toast. Alice grinned back. She’d risen a few places, but Dancer’s jumping display hadn’t earned Rosie many points. Yet, even with Rosie’s score, the purple team had gone into first place, ahead of the reds by just three points. Watty and the blue team were still at the bottom, which she groaned about all through breakfast.
After they’d finished eating, everyone got ready for the ten
“First off, it doesn’t look like Foxy escaped from Chestnut Grove by himself,” Charlie said, leaning against the thick, rough tree trunk. “He’d have turned up somewhere by now if he had.”
“So that means that he must have been taken by someone deliberately,” Alice concluded.
“Amber reckoned he was most likely taken by a rival,” Rosie said.
“Someone at camp took
Pony Mad
,” Miasaid as she wrote, “then hid it in the muck heap. But
only
after they’d ripped out part of the article that had a few facts about Foxy in it. Do you reckon there was something in that article they didn’t want anyone to see?”
“Well, if that
is
the case,” Alice said, starting to smile, “then someone here knows more about Foxy’s disappearance than they’re letting on.”
“Yup, and we think we may have an idea now who that might be,” Charlie said, feeling excited. Between them the girls relayed the conversation they’d just overheard to Mia.
“So, hang on,” Mia said slowly, “Amber thought that a rival who wanted to ruin Lily’s chances of success at Burghley might have stolen Foxy. But, if we’ve understood what you heard correctly, maybe Freddie’s trying to scupper Lily’s chances, leaving the path clear for his girlfriend, Georgie Belle, to win instead!”
“Freddie saw me with
Pony Mad
, too,” Rosie added.
“And he’s local, don’t forget,” Mia said, hastily scribbling. “So he must know the area like the back of his hand.”
Charlie gasped. “Remember the hack on our first day? We all rode off to search the lanes and fields. But Freddie said immediately that he’d check out the estate.”
“And if Freddie wanted to hide Foxy, it would have to be somewhere that he could easily keep an eye on him!” Rosie joined in. “Like right here! And, now he’s supposedly checked the estate and said Foxy’s not here, no one’s likely to go poking around, are they?”
Charlie, Mia and Rosie grinned at each other.
“Now all we have to do is find where he’s hidden Foxy, and that’s it.” Charlie smiled. “Our first celebrity case will be wrapped up!”
The girls stood up, stretching their aching legs. Scout walked purposefully over to them and the girls made a fuss of him, scratching hiswithers as he stretched out his neck, his upper lip wobbling in pleasure.
“So what do we do next?” Rosie asked.
“We’ve got the treasure hunt tomorrow afternoon,” Mia said, checking a copy of the camp timetable she’d tucked into the front of her notebook. “And that’s the perfect excuse to search every corner of the estate. If Foxy’s here somewhere, the Pony Detectives will find him!”
Alice patted Scout, then the girls headed to the post-and-rail fencing, climbing over it on their way back to the stables.
“I never thought I’d say this,” Charlie grinned, “but I actually can’t wait to get our first session of cross-country over with tomorrow. Then we can get on with the treasure hunt! This time tomorrow, Foxy’s mysterious disappearance may be solved!”
“And that might cheer Amber up at last,” Mia said. “It doesn’t seem like she’s enjoying camp much…”
At breakfast on Tuesday morning, Amber stood staring at the updated score sheet pinned up above the cereals. She was still at the top, but her lead had decreased, and Holly had risen to joint third with Charlie. There were only twelve points in it. Mia was still ahead of them, because her turnout points were so high.
“Awesome, we’re joint fourth!” Destiny beamed at Alice as she grabbed some toast. Alice grinned back. She’d risen a few places, but Dancer’s jumping display hadn’t earned Rosie many points. Yet, even with Rosie’s score, the purple team had gone into first place, ahead of the reds by just three points. Watty and the blue team were still at the bottom, which she groaned about all through breakfast.
After they’d finished eating, everyone got ready for the ten
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