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The field was covered with ice crystals sticking up like a garden of little diamonds. Sophia was beside her now, and the two animals walked slowly into the crystal blossoms. Flora was enchanted. For a moment she forgot she was hungry, tired, and ill-equipped to make this journey. She forgot to worry about Oscar. She forgot to worry that there would never be a useful job for her. She kicked up her front hooves with each step and watched the ice crystals scatter in front of her. .Chris Kurtz
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This was a cruel world she had been born into, all pink and squirming. She'd never wanted to see reality. Now, like the cold, it was impossible to ignore.Chris Kurtz
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But that night in her dream she flew high above the earth in a moonless sky. Behind her, like a falling star, sailed a silver sled.Chris Kurtz
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You don't have to look for trouble. It will find you. And when that happens"-- Luna disappeared, but her voice continued--"keep up that great spirit and make a plan, because nine lives is just a state of mind.Chris Kurtz
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How unlucky she was--born with adventurous hooves that were stuck inside a pen. But she wasn't giving up. If there was a way out, Flora said to herself, she would find it.Chris Kurtz
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I think we're all aiming to be something better than what everyone thinks we were born to beChris Kurtz
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You'll never make it out there. You weren't made for South Pole adventures." Flora gave her an icy look. "I think I know by now what I was made for.Chris Kurtz
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The stars were extra bright tonight, and they shone and glimmered as if each one had something it wanted to say.Chris Kurtz
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Cats may have nine lives, but pigs .. . don't .. . give .. . up.Chris Kurtz