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@@@@@I didn't know it would be so hard, that I'd want to protect her every single minuteBut I've got to keep my promiseShe'll have a pony if she wants one, and she'll learn to jump, and I'll make myself watch if it kills meI love Cat too much to hem her inScarlett had no way of knowing that Cat had walked down to Ballyhara town while she was away Three now, Cat was becoming interested in other children and games She went looking for some of the playmates who'd been at her birthday partyA group of four or five little boys were playing in the wide streetWhen she walked oward them, they ran awayTwo stopped long enough to scoop up rocks and throw them at her "Cailleach! Gailleach!" they screamed in terrorThey'd learned the word from their mothers, the Gaelic for witchCat looked up at her mother"Yes, I'd like a pony," she saidPonies didn't throw things She considered telling her mother about the boys, asking her about the wordCat liked to learn new wordsBut she didn't like that word"I'd like a pony today "I can't find a pony today, babyI'll start looking tomorrow Let's go home now and have tea "With cakes?" "Definitely with cakes Up in their rooms Scarlett got out of her beautiful travelling suit as quickly as she couldShe felt an undefined need to wear her shirt and skirt and bright peasant stock