“You understand what I mean, don’t you, Horse?”
He got up, gave her a chorus of grunts, and then took a running leap off the dock. Everyone got to their feet in time to see him swimming happily to shore, using his tail as a tiny rudder.
As the sun once again rested over the Finn Family Farm, all its occupants went to their rooms to do the same.
Except for Mrs. Robinson and her troop of ladybugs, who were about to launch a midnight raid on a band of unsuspecting aphids …
The End
Author Biography
Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Elle Brooke White, became a world traveler at a young age when her family moved to Europe. She grew up in Paris, Brussels and London until returning to the U.S. to attend Vassar College. She then moved to New York City with the hopes of becoming a renowned actress but took a job in advertising, as Elle says, “just until”. But it was time for her to return to “a world of pure imagination”. Now, Elle lives in Southern California with her famous diving dog, Bardot.
This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, organizations, places and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real or actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2020 by Christine E. Blum
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crooked Lane Books, an imprint of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC.
Crooked Lane Books and its logo are trademarks of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC.
Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication data available upon request.
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-64385-296-6
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-64385-317-8
Cover design by Hiro Kimura
Printed in the United States.
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First Edition: April 2020
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