4 MERHORSES!

CHAPTER 4 MERHORSES! "Hey, cutie!" I said to the merhorse I held in my cupped hand underwater. I gently pet it with my thumb. Summer was such a great time to visit the merhorses because the creek water wasn't so freezing cold on my bare legs and hands! I'd been so busy with the aphids and kale that we hadn't gone to see the merhorses all week! Now that the ladybug larvae were on the job, I could finally take a break from the pests.

The merhorse batted its eyes and said something back to me, but without Pip here to translate, all I saw was bubbles. Oh well. I'm sure it said something nice. "Isn't this one's mane so beautiful, Sassafras?" I moved my hands through the water toward where Sassafras was sitting. Only… Sassafras wasn't there anymore. "Sass?" I turned around and saw his poof of a tail twitching a little ways behind me. "What do you hear, buddy?" I strained my ears. Oh! Something was rustling—maybe a bird? It was making a weird noise. "What is that?" I let the merhorse out of my hands to get a better view of Sassafras when the merhorse kicked me! "OW!" I exclaimed. The happy-just-a-minute- ago merhorse pawed at my hands really hard with its front hoof. "Oh my goodness! What's the matter?" It frowned and snorted. I quickly put it in the stream by another merhorse. Now I could hear even more of those weird noises behind me, but I wanted to make sure the merhorse I'd been holding was

OK. I grabbed my underwater viewer so I could see under the surface better. And oh gosh—the two merhorses were fighting! They were kicking at each other! Over near some tall grass, Sassafras gave a loud "mrrowww!" "One sec, Sass!" I called out. I used the viewer to look across the stream. The merhorses on the other side of the stream seemed fine. Maybe these two just didn't get along? Still… I'd never seen merhorses be anything but sweet to each other and to me. Sassafras chattered. I looked up just as he leapt over some grass and ran toward the trees. "Sassafras! Wait!" I dropped my underwater viewer and bounded after him. He stopped a few feet away and sniffed at something in the sandy dirt. I crouched down and gave him a pet. "Whoaaa!" I reached a hand out to touch what he'd found. "Those are some seriously weird footprints! What kind of creature left these?"

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