Then he pulled it tight and started to run, as he had seen
the cow ponies galloping to pull down a horse or steer that needed to
be branded or marked with the sign of the Ring Rosy Ranch. The
rooster was very tame, often eating out of Aunt Millie's hand, so he
was not afraid to let Trouble come up quite close to him.
One day, about a week after the Curlytops had found Clipclap in the
cave, Jim Mason said he thought the pony was well enough to be
ridden. Clipclap was brought out in the yard and Teddy and Janet went
up to him.
The pony put his nose close to them and rubbed his head against
their outstretched hands.
"See, he knows us!" cried Janet.
"And I guess he's thanking us for bringing him water," added her
brother.
"And getting the doctor to cure him of poison," went on the little
girl. "I'm glad he likes you, Teddy."
"And your pony likes you, too, Janet," said the little boy.
Janet's pony, Star Face, certainly seemed to like her. For he came
when she called him and took lumps of sugar from her hand. He liked
Teddy, too. In fact both ponies were very pretty and friendly and it
would be hard to say which was the better. Janet liked hers and Teddy
liked his, and that is the best thing I can say about them.
No one came to claim Clipclap. Though Uncle Frank spoke to a number
of other ranchmen about finding the sick pony, none of them had ever
seen Clipclap before as far as they knew.
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