robin hood went to town riding on a pony.
who went to town riding on a pony?
robin hood
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pony finds jim's constant changing of the plans to run off very odd, but does not say anything in fear of being called a cowardly-calf. pony does not want to run off but does not see how he can help it. on friday, pony looks at trip while he is standing at the barn doors and rushes towards the house to catch trip who runs and jumps into his arms. his mother calls him in and asks why pony is acting so quiet. she then asks if it is because pony had a falling out with jim leonard and comments that she does not care for the boy. at that moment, pony realizes he does not like jim very much himself. pony sneaks out that night to the barn with the lantern in his hand. when pony gets to the loft, rats seem to swarm around him, but do not bother him. pony is not able to fall asleep and soon begins to cry. as pony's mother gets ready for bed, she realizes that pony is not in his bed and that the lantern is missing. pony's father heads into town to search for pony, but none of the older boys had seen him, but say that jim leonard may know where he is. pony's father goes to jim's house, but his mother explains that he has been asleep for hours. he returns home and searches the house with pony's mother who expects that the worse has happened to pony. finally, pony's father goes out to the barn and hears pony sobbing. pony's father brings pony back to the house where his mother holds him and kisses him while she cries. pony explains to his mother what jim leonard had put him up to. at daybreak pony's father remembers that he left his candle out in the barn when he was searching for pony and he rushes out to get it in hopes that the barn has not burned down. while at the barn, he sees jim leonard sneaking towards the barn door. pony's father pounces on jim, grabs him by the collar, and takes jim home where he tells his mother how he put pony up to sneaking away. pony gets sick for a week and his father talks with him and asks why pony would want to run away from his home where they all love him so much. pony explains how miserable he would have been had he run away from home and hopes that it will serve as a lesson for him. it also serves as a lesson for pony's parents, who let pony do more things and his mother does not baby him so much. pony thinks this is because she is trying to be a better mother to him and, possibly, she does not baby him so much because pony has a newborn baby brother for his mother to worry about instead, a brother who was born a week after pony tried to run off.
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