. The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's ranch : or, Little folks on ponyback . and 172 The Curlytops at Uncle Franks Ranch so, when her pony was in a line with Teds,she called sharply: ^Gid-dap, Star Face! ^ Gid-dap, Clipclap I cried Teddy. The two ponies started to run. ^^Oh, Im going to beat! Im going tobeat! Janet cried, for she saw that StarFace was getting ahead of Clipclap. ^^No youre not! shouted Teddy, and hetouched his heel to the ponys flank. Clip-clap gave a jump forward, and then some-thing happened. Teddy took a flying leap, and right overClipclaps head he sailed, coming down onhis hands
. The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's ranch : or, Little folks on ponyback . and 172 The Curlytops at Uncle Franks Ranch so, when her pony was in a line with Teds,she called sharply: ^Gid-dap, Star Face! ^ Gid-dap, Clipclap I cried Teddy. The two ponies started to run. ^^Oh, Im going to beat! Im going tobeat! Janet cried, for she saw that StarFace was getting ahead of Clipclap. ^^No youre not! shouted Teddy, and hetouched his heel to the ponys flank. Clip-clap gave a jump forward, and then some-thing happened. Teddy took a flying leap, and right overClipclaps head he sailed, coming down onhis hands and loiees some distance off. Clip-clap fell down and rolled over in the grasswhile Janet kept on toward the hill thatmarked the end of the race. The little girl reached this place first, notbeing able to stop her ponv when she sawwhat had happened to Teddy. But as soonas she could turn around she rode back tohim and asked anxiously: Are you hurt, Ted?^ No—^no. I—I guess not, he answeredslowly. Is Clipclap ? asked Janet. The pony answered for himself by getting. OVER THE PRAIRIES RODE JANET AND Curlytops at Uncle Franks Ranch Page 171 LooJxing for Indians 173 up, giving himself a shake and then begin-ning to eat some grass. ^What happened? Janet questionedfurther. ^^Why didnt you come on and racewith me ? I won! ^^Yes, I guess you did, admitted Teddy,getting up and brushing the dust off hisclothes. ^But Id a beaten you, only mypony stumbled and he threw me over hishead. I went right over his head; didnt IJanet? *^Yes, you did, Teddy. And you lookedawful funny! But Im glad youre nothurt. ^^Soml. *^What made Clipclap stumble? askedthe little girl. ^^I guess he stepped in a gophers hole/*answered her brother. *^Lets look, proposed. Janet. Brother and sister went to the place whereClipclap had stumbled. There they saw alittle hole in the ground. It was the front,or maybe the back, door of the home of alittle animal called a gopher, which burrowsunder the earth. A gophe
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