Ride
‘em Cowboy!
This new children’s classic will steal
your heart. Peppi the Polo Pony was born at Wicky Wacky
Farm, bred to be a racehorse. He was considered an ugly
duckling, but the children didn’t care what Peppi looked like,
they all just loved him for himself.
Since Peppi wasn’t
up to racing, the children’s dad, Wally, was ready to sell him
to a mean, grumpy man. But then Aunty Jane saved the day! She
lived next door on her own horse farm and suggested that Peppi
might make a polo pony. The children were delighted with
that, as they would be able to visit him.
The polo horses at
Aunty Jane and Uncle Mark’s were all so very beautiful that they
looked down on Peppi. Aunty Jane took Peppi to try out for the
polo team and he played as hard as he could, but wasn’t
succeeding. Then Wilby, their pet kangaroo, met Peppi and began
to teach the pony everything he could about polo.
One day a prince
came to play polo at the Royal Show and wanted a horse from
Uncle Mark’s team, as he knew they had some of the best
horses in the land.
Surprisingly, the prince chose Peppi! In the
last seconds of the game, with the score tied, read how Peppi
became a hero. Now all the other horses respect the
polo pony with heart.
