title: Horse and Pony Colours: Which one would you choose?
author:  Lesley Lodge 
description: Lesley Lodge now lives on a smallholding with seven hens, two geese, three ducks, a collie dog and an elderly sheep. She grew up in the New Forest, England. Her student holiday jobs included working for a racing stable, a palomino stud farm and a horse trainer. Her long-time ride is Freddie, a hairy bay cob mare with a long moustache. Lesleys first book on horses was Lights! Camera Gallop! The Story of the Horse in Film (2012). Lesley has had several short stories published. Blues to Orange, a story about a farmer ruined by the foot and mouth outbreak, was a Luton Literary Prize Winner and published in Junction 10, a collection of short stories. Because it is Written includes a story about a missing horse and a blacksmith in the 17th century. Lesley has twice been a runner-up prize winner in the British National Short Screenplay Competition and was the Time Out and Jim Beam Bourbon Cult Film Buff of the Year some years ago. Lesley is always looking for new stories or snippets about horses in film or on TV  you can contact her through her website www.lesleylodge.co.uk
zlib_text: > _For Derya_
  
  >  _(and his parents)_
  
  >  _—A. M. R._
  
  >  _To my parents and my sister, who endured my antics and attitude since day
  > one_
  
  >  _—C. K._
  
   **Chapter One**
  
  Pajama Plans
  
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  “Which pajamas should I bring: the rainbow pair or the pony pair?” I asked,
  peering into the top drawer of my dresser.
  
  My dog, Banana, tipped her head to one side as she considered the question.
  
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  “The rainbow ones are softer, but the pony ones are newer,” I said. I grabbed
  both pairs and held them out for inspection. Banana sniffed each one, then
  nudged my left hand with her snout.
  
  I grinned. “Rainbows it is.” I returned the ponies to their drawer and tucked
  the rainbow pajamas into my backpack, on top of the toothbrush, hairbrush,
  underwear, socks, shirt, leggings, glow-in-the-dark clawed dragon-feet
  slippers, and sparkly nail polish that I had already packed for the sleepover.
  I went to my closet and stood on tiptoe to pull my sleeping bag of