The Pony Girls aren’t allowed to go either She shook the can over a wet spot on the ground This gets rid of the urine smell Don’t forget to use it The Pony Girls are eight years old I screeched And besides Maverick I’m not really comfortable around the other horses yet Maverick is a rescue horse He’s missing an ear and is blind in one eye He doesn’t like
too many people around here but he lets me lead him around the arena Aunt Jane says my singing calms him down Minka’s staying said Ainsley Minka is a black bossy Percheron mare She’s eighteen hands tall The biggest horse at camp Aunt Jane said she needs to rest so I’m riding Duke instead said Ainsley
Ryleigh glanced at the clock We have to hurry and finish Layla will be here any second She swooshed the rest of the straw to one side Don’t forget to reuse the straw if it’s clean I stared at the manure in the wheelbarrow and shuddered I didn’t come to camp to muck out stalls all day long I said Take me on the trail ride I feel like the only one not invited to the ball Ainsley curled her lips Dramatic much Cinderella I gave her my evil eyes I haven’t seen you muck out any stalls since you’ve been here said Ainsley Everyone has to do their share Aunt Jane likes them cleaned twice a day And no offense but how can you go on a trail ride when you don’t ride a horse yet That doesn’t make sense Khadija repinned her hijab to tighten it Ainsley’s right And just so you know mucking 8
out stalls is part of stable management If you don’t do it your horse could get sick That’s why Aunt Jane takes it so seriously Aunt Jane is the owner of Storm Cliff Stables She says we’re like one big happy family here so she has everyone call her Aunt Jane But I wasn’t feeling too happy right now I felt lonely I kicked the ground with my boot Ryleigh and Ainsley were right I had to stop being a drama queen if I didn’t want to blow my cover Most people here think I’m just a twelve-year old girl who wants to try camp for the first time But I’m actually an actress And a model And a famous singer A triple threat My real name is CeCe Monroe I convinced my parents to let me come here undercover to get ready for an audition for a huge movie role But I lied I’m not planning to audition for any role I came just to see what living like a normal kid would be like Camp’s like an extra-long 9
