Moonlight MysteryMoonlight Mysteryby by

Julia Corazon S. OretaJulia Corazon S. Oreta June 4, 2012June 4, 2012

The PoniesThe Ponies

Sunfall, the white pony with round spots

Snowfall, a white pony with grey mane

Moonlight, the pony with stripes

Snowflake, the pony with snowflake spots

Moonlight got lost! But Moonlight got lost! But May, John and Marie were May, John and Marie were

not aware of that. Will they not aware of that. Will they ever find him? ever find him?

Or will he be lost forever? Or will he be lost forever? A mystery?A mystery?

May and Marie and John May and Marie and John were sleeping. Moonlight were sleeping. Moonlight whined. whined. “Go to sleep “Go to sleep Moonlight,”Moonlight,” said John. said John. “Yeah!”“Yeah!” yawned May. yawned May. Snowflake whined too. Snowflake whined too. “We want to sleep, “We want to sleep, Moonlight,”Moonlight,” said May. said May. Everything went quiet. Everything went quiet. So they drifted off to So they drifted off to sleep. sleep.

That night Moonlight escaped That night Moonlight escaped without anyone noticing. Quietly without anyone noticing. Quietly walking to a sign that says: walking to a sign that says: ““Ghostwalker forestGhostwalker forest”.”. He went in He went in the forest. The forest had a lot of the forest. The forest had a lot of bats, birds, and tall trees that looked bats, birds, and tall trees that looked scary. The next day, when John went scary. The next day, when John went to feed Moonlight, he found that to feed Moonlight, he found that Moonlight was goneMoonlight was gone! !

““Where did he go?”Where did he go?” asked Marie who asked Marie who looked worried. May was about to looked worried. May was about to scream but she was interrupted. scream but she was interrupted. “We “We don’t know!”don’t know!” said John as he put a said John as he put a hand on May’s mouth to stop her hand on May’s mouth to stop her from screaming. Snowflake trotted up from screaming. Snowflake trotted up to them. and whined sadly. to them. and whined sadly.

Marie patted him on the head. John Marie patted him on the head. John did the same with Sunfall. did the same with Sunfall. “Do you “Do you think he went in the …”think he went in the …” Marie was Marie was interrupted by John. interrupted by John. “Don’t say it!”“Don’t say it!” he he said. said. “Ghostwalker forest?”“Ghostwalker forest?” finished finished Marie. Marie. “You said it”“You said it” giggled May. giggled May.

““Kids! Breakfast!”Kids! Breakfast!” called John’s mother. called John’s mother. “You don’t want to miss “You don’t want to miss the ice cream do you?”the ice cream do you?” added John’s father. added John’s father. “Yum!” said John. But “Yum!” said John. But Marie was too worried Marie was too worried to eat. to eat. “Cheer up “Cheer up Marie!”Marie!” said May. said May. “Yeah!”“Yeah!” shouted John. shouted John.

After breakfast, some After breakfast, some visitors arrived. visitors arrived. “Come on kids! “Come on kids! Shake hands with Shake hands with them!”them!” said Joe. said Joe. Marie shook the Marie shook the visitor’s hand first. visitor’s hand first. John put a hand on John put a hand on her shoulder because her shoulder because she looked nervous. she looked nervous. But he and May were But he and May were nervous too. nervous too.

Kate, the visitor’s daughter took a Kate, the visitor’s daughter took a toilet break. When she got back, she toilet break. When she got back, she heard them talking about ponies. heard them talking about ponies. “Really?”“Really?” she asked. she asked. “Tommorow, you “Tommorow, you may see the ponies,”may see the ponies,” yelled her yelled her Mother. Mother.

That night they went to bed, Marie fell That night they went to bed, Marie fell asleep right away. John and May slept asleep right away. John and May slept too. But Marie woke up. She heard too. But Marie woke up. She heard whines. whines. “Get up guys!”“Get up guys!” she said. she said. “That’s just Snowfall”“That’s just Snowfall” snapped John. snapped John.

When they went to the stables, When they went to the stables, Kate was there. Kate was there. “May I have this “May I have this pony and bring it home? Please?”pony and bring it home? Please?” she asked pointing to Sunfall. she asked pointing to Sunfall. “NO!”“NO!” they yelled. “ they yelled. “When can I When can I have …”have …” “NO!”“NO!” they yelled again. they yelled again.

Today, they will look Today, they will look for Moonlight. for Moonlight. “In “In there?”there?” asked May. asked May. “Yes,”“Yes,” said John. Marie said John. Marie took Snowflake’s took Snowflake’s saddle and walked in saddle and walked in the spooky forest. John the spooky forest. John shivered as they rode. shivered as they rode. May saw a big shadow. May saw a big shadow. She screamed loudly. She screamed loudly. Sunfall got scared too Sunfall got scared too and went crazy. and went crazy. “She’s “She’s going nuts!”going nuts!” giggled giggled Marie. Marie.

John saw one of the spooky tree’s John saw one of the spooky tree’s pointing left. Snowfall calmly walked pointing left. Snowfall calmly walked in front of Snowflake and moved the in front of Snowflake and moved the tree’s branch. Striped bushes like tree’s branch. Striped bushes like Moonlight’s appeared. Moonlight’s appeared. “This is a “This is a good place for moonlight to hide in,”good place for moonlight to hide in,” said May. “There! A tail!” cried said May. “There! A tail!” cried Marie. Marie. “It’s only a squirrel,”“It’s only a squirrel,” said May. said May. Its head popped out of the bush. Its head popped out of the bush.

Snowflake was sad. Then they saw Snowflake was sad. Then they saw hoof prints. They grinned. hoof prints. They grinned. “Moonlight!”“Moonlight!” shouted May and Marie. shouted May and Marie. “Apples!”“Apples!” said John. May and Marie said John. May and Marie were confused. were confused. “I mean Moonlight!”“I mean Moonlight!” he said. They rolled there eyes. he said. They rolled there eyes. “Apples?”“Apples?” thought John. thought John. “An apple “An apple had letters.” had letters.”

It says: It says: “follow the squirrel.”“follow the squirrel.” “After “After that, run to that tree.”that, run to that tree.” They did what They did what the apple said. the apple said. “Another apple?”“Another apple?” asked asked May. John read the apple’s letters. It May. John read the apple’s letters. It said: said: “Follow the squirrel.”“Follow the squirrel.” “Then, run “Then, run to that hill.”to that hill.” “Oof!”“Oof!” breathed Marie as breathed Marie as they climbed up the steep hill. they climbed up the steep hill.

““We’re here!”We’re here!” panted John. panted John. Snowflake nearly fell off. He Snowflake nearly fell off. He panted. panted. “Neigh,”“Neigh,” he said. John and he said. John and May had a hard time. Sunfall kept May had a hard time. Sunfall kept eating grass and John on the other eating grass and John on the other hand. Snowfall kept rolling around. hand. Snowfall kept rolling around.

Marie picked up the apple. It says: Marie picked up the apple. It says: “run. “Wh- ““run. “Wh- “ John was interrupted John was interrupted by a large boulder. by a large boulder. “RUN!”“RUN!” yelled yelled May. It came from a steep ramp. May. It came from a steep ramp. “A “A jewel boulder?”jewel boulder?” asked John. asked John. “BOULDER!!!”“BOULDER!!!” screamed May. screamed May. “Oh,”“Oh,” John said. John said.

Marie and her friends Marie and her friends ran. ran. “Look! An “Look! An apple!”apple!” cried John. cried John. After the boulder After the boulder crashed, they looked crashed, they looked at the apple. It says: at the apple. It says: ““follow squirrel, look, follow squirrel, look, leap run.”leap run.”

““I don’t know what’s scarier. The I don’t know what’s scarier. The apple or that. Whats sca-,”apple or that. Whats sca-,” John John was interrupted. was interrupted. “SHARK!”“SHARK!” yelled yelled May. They jumped over the cliff May. They jumped over the cliff safely. safely. Then they saw Moonlight at Then they saw Moonlight at the other side of the cliff. the other side of the cliff.

““Moonlight!”Moonlight!” they all cried. they all cried. “An apple “An apple for you moonlight,”for you moonlight,” said Marie. said Marie. Moonlight ate it happily. Lets go Moonlight ate it happily. Lets go home May said. Moonlight jumped. home May said. Moonlight jumped. “Achoo!”“Achoo!” sneezed Marie from a bird sneezed Marie from a bird feather. They ran home happily. feather. They ran home happily.

The End.The End.