Charlotte Ripple has wanted a pony as long as she can remember, and riding the old tin drum she calls Goldie can only be a poor substitute. But Charlotte lives with her Grandpa Alf, and he has no time for such nonsense. There are cows to milk, and chooks to be fed, and money to earn. Every birthday Charlotte hopes for a surprise, and every birthday she is disappointed — that is, until her ninth birthday, when Grandpa Alf gives her a practical present — a poddy calf to raise and sell to the chopper when he is big enough. He doesn’t count on Charlotte’s love for her poddy calf and her refusal to part with him, even when he starts to grow horns …
Ages: 10+
