Post by Claire on Oct 5, 2012 11:00:25 GMT 1
Here is a new quiz for you all. Below are a list of first lines from pony books and a list of last lines. Can you match them up? Bonus points if you can also name the book they come from.
Hope you enjoy.
Answers in RED
FIRST
1. I opened my eyes, shut them again quickly and rolled over again, remembering. I'd had a brilliant dream - another one about the black stallion swimming with me in the sea.
K
2. "They're as wild as hawks," said Jake, sliding from his saddle.
E - PONIES IN PERIL BY DPT
3. "More train boy," said Diccon stolidly, pushing a yellow chalk into Tamzin's hand.
M - WISH FOR A PONY BY MONICA EDWARDS
4. For days the Bedouin band had ridden across the white sands of the Rub 'al Khali, the great central desert of Arabia.
B - SON OF THE BLACK STALLION BY WALTER FARLEY
5. Unearthly humps of land curved into the darkening sky like the backs of browsing pigs, like the rumps of elephants.
G - NATIONAL VELVET BY ENID BAGNOLD
6. "Wake up Jackie, listen!" Babs insistent whisper broke into my dreams. "There it is again."
C - JACKIE AND THE MOONLIGHT PONY BY JMB
7. It was certainly Nigella's fault.
H - TICKET TO RIDE BY CAROLINE AKRILL
8. "Now are you sure you haven't forgotten anything, Ellen?" asked Mr. Camberwell, as his daughter climbed into the front seat beside him.
A - JUMP TO THE STARS BY GILLIAN BAXTER
9. Deep snow lay all over the mountains and on the lower foothills for many weeks, so that spring came late.
F - SILVER BRUMBY KINGDOM BY ELYNE MITCHELL
10. When I heard I was to leave Castlethorpe at Christmas I was overjoyed. It was all due to the world financial crisis.
I - MORE PONIES FOR JEAN BY JOANNA CANNAN
11. The little green book was very dog-eared. Ruth lay prone on the floor, the book propped up on the fender, studying intently a photograph of a blurry-faced woman riding a horse.
D - FLY BY NIGHT BY K M PEYTON
12. Jim Newton brought his mount to a sudden stop, turned in the saddle and lifted a forefinger to his lips.
0 - FURY, STALLION OF BROKEN WHEEL RANCH
13. Here is Rapide," said Mrs Pemberthey, briskly leading out a bay pony. "Look he has taken to your little girl at once."
N - JILL HAS TWO PONIES BY RUBY FERGUSON
14. High up on the long hill they called the Saddle Back, behind the ranch and the county road, the boy sat his horse, facing east, his eyes dazzled by the rising sun.
P - MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA
15. "That horrible new house," said Erica Henderson, looking along the Hogsbottom valley to the stark whitness of the flat-roofed house which scarred the hillside.
Q - THE TRICK RIDERS BY JPT
16. She was a flash of gold as she cantered around the ring. Ears pricked, neck arched, she moved like a movie star in the spotlight as she sailed over the last fence.
L - SHADOW HORSE BY ALISON HART
17. "The trouble with you," said Jane thoughtfully, "is that you're getting too big."
J - COCO THE GIFT HORSE BY DENISE HILL
LAST
A. And as she watched the chestnut mare happily eating her large feed, Bobby knew that she had nothing left to wish for.
8 - JUMP TO THE STARS BY GILLIAN BAXTER
B. Then, as the police opened a path for them through the crowd, Alec led Satan home, the wreath of roses still hanging loosely round his neck.
4 - SON OF THE BLACK STALLION BY WALTER FARLEY
C. I nodded happily. For Jonathan's sake I knew that neither of us had given up wishing.
6 - JACKIE AND THE MOONLIGHT PONY BY JMB
D. "Have a sandwich?" said Ted.
11 - FLY BY NIGHT BY K M PEYTON
E. Fergus looked at me and grinned. "Let's wait a bit before breaking the good news to dad," he grinned.
2 - PONIES IN PERIL BY DPT
F. As Baringa and his herd slept that night in moonbar and shadebeneath a candlebark, a soft grey shadow hopped through the bush and came quietly beside him, touched his nose with his moon-silvered paw.
9 - SILVER BRUMBY KINGDOM BY ELYNE MITCHELL
G. For obviously she was a person to whom things happened, since in a year she had become an heiress, got a horse for a shilling and won the Grand National.
5 - NATIONAL VELVET BY ENID BAGNOLD
H. He nodded, squinting intently in the direction of my finger; he was a little short sighted now, the golden boy of eventing. "Well," I said proudly, "that's my family."
7 - TICKET TO RIDE BY CAROLINE AKRILL
I. I felt so cheerful that I forgot all Judy's rules about being dignified. Bucking and giving fly-catchers, I galloped home.
10 - MORE PONIES FOR JEAN BY JOANNA CANNAN?
J. "Here's part of Coco's reward already, " he said. "Look what I've found here, half-buried." And he held up one very earthy aniseed ball.
17 - COCO THE GIFT HORSE BY DENISE HILL
K. "That's it Becky!" Sam was smiling too. "That's what we'll call him - Magic!" Lorna lifted her head and her eyes met mine and I knew that she approved.
1
L. After that she and Grandfather could settle into their new life at Second Chance Farm. Then she could start the search for Whirlwind.
16 - SHADOW HORSE BY ALISON HART
M. Rissa slipped her fingers through the pony's mane and said, "Yes, I think he will too."
3 - WISH FOR A PONY BY MONICA EDWARDS
N. "Oh well," said Mrs. Darcy, "ponies sometimes do."
13 - JILL HAS TWO PONIES BY RUBY FERGUSON
0. On a bed of straw at Fury's feet, Joey was sleeping peacefully.
12 - FURY, STALLION OF BROKEN WHEEL RANCH BY ALBERT G MILLER
P. ...and when the boy came running down the path, crying, "Oh Flicka! Flicka!" the neigh that rang out on the cold air was a sound the filly had never made before.
14 - MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA
Q. Then they ran giggling across the Showground and vanished into the crowd.
15 - THE TRICK RIDERS BY JPT
Hope you enjoy.
Answers in RED
FIRST
1. I opened my eyes, shut them again quickly and rolled over again, remembering. I'd had a brilliant dream - another one about the black stallion swimming with me in the sea.
K
2. "They're as wild as hawks," said Jake, sliding from his saddle.
E - PONIES IN PERIL BY DPT
3. "More train boy," said Diccon stolidly, pushing a yellow chalk into Tamzin's hand.
M - WISH FOR A PONY BY MONICA EDWARDS
4. For days the Bedouin band had ridden across the white sands of the Rub 'al Khali, the great central desert of Arabia.
B - SON OF THE BLACK STALLION BY WALTER FARLEY
5. Unearthly humps of land curved into the darkening sky like the backs of browsing pigs, like the rumps of elephants.
G - NATIONAL VELVET BY ENID BAGNOLD
6. "Wake up Jackie, listen!" Babs insistent whisper broke into my dreams. "There it is again."
C - JACKIE AND THE MOONLIGHT PONY BY JMB
7. It was certainly Nigella's fault.
H - TICKET TO RIDE BY CAROLINE AKRILL
8. "Now are you sure you haven't forgotten anything, Ellen?" asked Mr. Camberwell, as his daughter climbed into the front seat beside him.
A - JUMP TO THE STARS BY GILLIAN BAXTER
9. Deep snow lay all over the mountains and on the lower foothills for many weeks, so that spring came late.
F - SILVER BRUMBY KINGDOM BY ELYNE MITCHELL
10. When I heard I was to leave Castlethorpe at Christmas I was overjoyed. It was all due to the world financial crisis.
I - MORE PONIES FOR JEAN BY JOANNA CANNAN
11. The little green book was very dog-eared. Ruth lay prone on the floor, the book propped up on the fender, studying intently a photograph of a blurry-faced woman riding a horse.
D - FLY BY NIGHT BY K M PEYTON
12. Jim Newton brought his mount to a sudden stop, turned in the saddle and lifted a forefinger to his lips.
0 - FURY, STALLION OF BROKEN WHEEL RANCH
13. Here is Rapide," said Mrs Pemberthey, briskly leading out a bay pony. "Look he has taken to your little girl at once."
N - JILL HAS TWO PONIES BY RUBY FERGUSON
14. High up on the long hill they called the Saddle Back, behind the ranch and the county road, the boy sat his horse, facing east, his eyes dazzled by the rising sun.
P - MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA
15. "That horrible new house," said Erica Henderson, looking along the Hogsbottom valley to the stark whitness of the flat-roofed house which scarred the hillside.
Q - THE TRICK RIDERS BY JPT
16. She was a flash of gold as she cantered around the ring. Ears pricked, neck arched, she moved like a movie star in the spotlight as she sailed over the last fence.
L - SHADOW HORSE BY ALISON HART
17. "The trouble with you," said Jane thoughtfully, "is that you're getting too big."
J - COCO THE GIFT HORSE BY DENISE HILL
LAST
A. And as she watched the chestnut mare happily eating her large feed, Bobby knew that she had nothing left to wish for.
8 - JUMP TO THE STARS BY GILLIAN BAXTER
B. Then, as the police opened a path for them through the crowd, Alec led Satan home, the wreath of roses still hanging loosely round his neck.
4 - SON OF THE BLACK STALLION BY WALTER FARLEY
C. I nodded happily. For Jonathan's sake I knew that neither of us had given up wishing.
6 - JACKIE AND THE MOONLIGHT PONY BY JMB
D. "Have a sandwich?" said Ted.
11 - FLY BY NIGHT BY K M PEYTON
E. Fergus looked at me and grinned. "Let's wait a bit before breaking the good news to dad," he grinned.
2 - PONIES IN PERIL BY DPT
F. As Baringa and his herd slept that night in moonbar and shadebeneath a candlebark, a soft grey shadow hopped through the bush and came quietly beside him, touched his nose with his moon-silvered paw.
9 - SILVER BRUMBY KINGDOM BY ELYNE MITCHELL
G. For obviously she was a person to whom things happened, since in a year she had become an heiress, got a horse for a shilling and won the Grand National.
5 - NATIONAL VELVET BY ENID BAGNOLD
H. He nodded, squinting intently in the direction of my finger; he was a little short sighted now, the golden boy of eventing. "Well," I said proudly, "that's my family."
7 - TICKET TO RIDE BY CAROLINE AKRILL
I. I felt so cheerful that I forgot all Judy's rules about being dignified. Bucking and giving fly-catchers, I galloped home.
10 - MORE PONIES FOR JEAN BY JOANNA CANNAN?
J. "Here's part of Coco's reward already, " he said. "Look what I've found here, half-buried." And he held up one very earthy aniseed ball.
17 - COCO THE GIFT HORSE BY DENISE HILL
K. "That's it Becky!" Sam was smiling too. "That's what we'll call him - Magic!" Lorna lifted her head and her eyes met mine and I knew that she approved.
1
L. After that she and Grandfather could settle into their new life at Second Chance Farm. Then she could start the search for Whirlwind.
16 - SHADOW HORSE BY ALISON HART
M. Rissa slipped her fingers through the pony's mane and said, "Yes, I think he will too."
3 - WISH FOR A PONY BY MONICA EDWARDS
N. "Oh well," said Mrs. Darcy, "ponies sometimes do."
13 - JILL HAS TWO PONIES BY RUBY FERGUSON
0. On a bed of straw at Fury's feet, Joey was sleeping peacefully.
12 - FURY, STALLION OF BROKEN WHEEL RANCH BY ALBERT G MILLER
P. ...and when the boy came running down the path, crying, "Oh Flicka! Flicka!" the neigh that rang out on the cold air was a sound the filly had never made before.
14 - MY FRIEND FLICKA BY MARY O'HARA
Q. Then they ran giggling across the Showground and vanished into the crowd.
15 - THE TRICK RIDERS BY JPT