Thanks to a fellow LTer's suggestion, I was able to borrow this book through IntraLibrary Loan and enjoy it again, after about 25 years.

This is the sequel to "Greylight", a story about a grey Shetland pony and his family. The book continues where the first concluded: Grey, Cupid, Mistress and Babs are traveling to a new home in the Vermont mountains.

While the author does put words in the minds of the animals, the story is not aimed at children. There are passages with this book that I must have skipped over in my youth, but that I appreciate now:

"There was another mountain to go over today; a charming road, leading up through golden woods flecked with sunlight, while a clear brook dashed along, dodging great mossy boulders and giving silver leaps down its many waterfalls. Sometimes you find a brook that seems dull and out of humor, lurking swampily behind muddy-footed alders, or making its sullen way through a bog, but this one was specially filled with mountain joy and raced along, laughing and splashing, while families of golden ferns lighted its brown pools."

I so enjoy reading older books like this (1927) that are a joy to read for young, or not-so-young as I am.

I'm returning it to the library, but I wish I could keep it.

Addendum: I have finally found a copy! (10-25-2013) ( )