Smudge-Shine Stables

By Emma Bridge

Down in a valley between two hills deep in the countryside there is a small stable: Smudge-Shine Stables. Now Smudge-Shine was a very special stables because it was home to lots of different ponies and horses that needed to be kept safe because there were not many left in the world. In the biggest field at the stables were five friends. Oats the Clydesdale, Sugar the Shire, Buzby the Dartmoor Pony, Pixie the Exmoor Pony and Chips the Miniature Pony. They were looked after by the Littleton Family and every day visitors would come from miles around to see the rare horses and they always stopped where the yearlings were the longest. Yearlings was a fancy term the humans used for any horse under four years old. They did not know this is what they were called because they just used their names.
Come join the ponies in their adventures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Sep 23, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499088939

Emma Bridge

Emma Bridge – I write for the sake of bringing joy to others and helping children learn about the world in a fun way. I have spent many years looking after children in a variety of ways. I like to spend a lot of time writing and combining the two seemed natural. Hence why I have done a diploma in child-care and am now studying a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. I love horse riding and have been riding for about ten years. I love the fact horses are very individual and just like people have their own personalities and quirks. This led me to wonder what horses would say if they could talk. This inspired my creation ‘Smudge-Shine Stables.’ This work was also inspired by my desire to help protected and rare breeds of animals. I wanted to bring to light the rare breed trust and how important it is that certain breeds are prevented from going extinct. All the horses in this book are on the rare breed list.

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Copyright © 2014 by Emma Bridge

ISBN:

   Softcover   9781499088922

   EBook      9781499088939

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 09/18/2014

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Contents

CHAPTER ONE

SUGAR WON’T GO TO SLEEP!

CHAPTER TWO

PIXIE ON PARADE!

CHAPTER THREE:

BUZBY LISTENS TO HIS BELLY.

CHAPTER FIVE:

OATS OVEREATS.

CHAPTER SIX:

CHIPS IS NOT A HAPPY CHAPPY

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to every child I have ever looked after. It is also dedicated to ‘Hockley Green Riding Stables’ which has now sadly closed down, Shepreth Wildlife Park that allowed me to visit when preparing for my book, my family - brother Timothy, sister Alice, Mum Penny and Dad James – that supported and helped me through the whole process and my best friend Sezny that gave me encouragement and help the whole way. I would also like to dedicate