Chapter 9
Much to everyone's amusement she only got bucked back off again.
'Or not,' old Bob muttered. 'I thought you are meant to pick apprentices with brains,' he told Myfanwy.
'We try. But sometimes it is so hard to do. We just have to train the others up so much that they work.'
They all winced at Nuline was thrown off yet again.
'How many times?' Eibhleann betted.
'6,' replied old Bob.
'Four,' said Myfanwy. 'How much are we betting?'
'The losers have to go and get six apples for each horse the person who won has,' Old Bob said and Myfanwy groaned.
'That means that if we lose we have to go and get 84 apples,' she said.
'You better start collecting now,' he replied back.
'Fun,' Eibhleann said sarcastically.
Nuline got on another time.
'Four. You had better hope that this is the last time, Myfanwy,' Eibhleann said.
'Yep. That or you win,' she replied back.
Nuline got thrown off and she stood back up again. She gave the horse one more glare and then dragged it to the fence.
'What on mars have you done to this horse?' she asked. Myfanwy just grinned while Old Bob and Eibhleann went away muttering something about getting apples.
'You just won me 24 apples,' she said in response to Nuline's raised eyebrow and walked off in the opposite direction.
'How did I do that? Why apples though?' she asked following after her.
'You will find out soon,' Myfanwy laughed at the pile of apples that Eibhleann was trying to fit into her saddle bag.
'Lucky thing that I prepared for something like this and I brought another one,' Myfanwy said and gave Eibhleann the bag.
'Or not,' old Bob muttered. 'I thought you are meant to pick apprentices with brains,' he told Myfanwy.
'We try. But sometimes it is so hard to do. We just have to train the others up so much that they work.'
They all winced at Nuline was thrown off yet again.
'How many times?' Eibhleann betted.
'6,' replied old Bob.
'Four,' said Myfanwy. 'How much are we betting?'
'The losers have to go and get six apples for each horse the person who won has,' Old Bob said and Myfanwy groaned.
'That means that if we lose we have to go and get 84 apples,' she said.
'You better start collecting now,' he replied back.
'Fun,' Eibhleann said sarcastically.
Nuline got on another time.
'Four. You had better hope that this is the last time, Myfanwy,' Eibhleann said.
'Yep. That or you win,' she replied back.
Nuline got thrown off and she stood back up again. She gave the horse one more glare and then dragged it to the fence.
'What on mars have you done to this horse?' she asked. Myfanwy just grinned while Old Bob and Eibhleann went away muttering something about getting apples.
'You just won me 24 apples,' she said in response to Nuline's raised eyebrow and walked off in the opposite direction.
'How did I do that? Why apples though?' she asked following after her.
'You will find out soon,' Myfanwy laughed at the pile of apples that Eibhleann was trying to fit into her saddle bag.
'Lucky thing that I prepared for something like this and I brought another one,' Myfanwy said and gave Eibhleann the bag.