Twelve-year-old Mary was disabled at the age of four by the same virus that took the life of her mother.
Mary befriends and enlists the help of twelve-year-old Laura, whose family.
She falls in love with one of the foals and is outraged to learn the filly is considered worthless as it was born lame.
A talented artist, she spends her days on a blanket in the grass sketching the horses at the farm next door.
While she longs to have a horse of her own, she\'s limited to reading horse books.
Twelve-year-old Mary was disabled at the age of four by the same virus that took the life of her mother