The Stable Secret

The Stable Sexret

By Paul McCann'

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There once where three little children , called Jill , Bill , and  Phil .
They lived together in a shed by the railway tracks , where trains had
not ran since the electric walkways where introduced .
The only thing than ran on its own where the horses that galloped upon
Daydream Racetrack each Saturday .
One Saturday morning after the three little children got up and had
breakfast , they decided they would go searching for secrets .
Bill who was always the first to speak said ,
" Well , I know a secret path down by the river . No one ever goes
there . How about us checking out to see where the path goes ?"

Jill looked at Phil and in a shrill , Phil said to Bill ,

" Oh no , not another secret path Bill . Listen , I've been told
theres
a secret inside that old haunted house where nobody lives . Why
don't we go and see what's locked up in there ."

Bill looked at Jill who turned pale and looked ill .
Suddenly Bill turned to Phil and said ,
" Oh no Phil look , there goes Jill . "

As Jill ran away up the hill , both Bill and Phil shouted ,
but Jill kept running until she had gone from their sight .
On the spot where she stood was a small piece of silk ,
It was red on one side and blue on the other .
" What do you think it could be " Said Bill .
Phil inspected the cloth and after a brief moment he said ,
" Its some kind of secret message Jill has left for us . "
They both sat down by the side of the tracks and in silence they
pondered about the mysterious silk cloth . Suddenly as if hit by a bolt
of lightening Bill jumped up and said ,

"Hey , don't Jockeys where colourful silks like that ?"
" You're right on the money Bill " Said Phil with a thrill .
The two children immediately ran up the hill and before you could say
Giddup , they where standing at the gates to Daydream Racetrack . The
man at the turnstiles pushed them back as the paying public came
ushering through . Somehow Phil and Bill managed to squeeze in to a
turnstile with two of the racegoers .

The Racecourse Steward never saw a thing and in an instant Bill and
Phil where standing in the betting ring at Daydream .
The next race was getting ready to be run as the two children hunted
for clues to Jill's whereabouts . On the ground Bill spotted someone's
lost racebook . Something caught his eye , it was the name of a horse
on the front page of the racebook .

The horses name was , Jill's Secret
. Bill and Phil made their way to the stables where the horses where
being groomed and jockeys where mounting up for their rides in the next
race .
Through the public address system the racecaller ran through the names
of all the starters in the race about to go .
It was just when he called out the name Jill's Secret ,
that Phil and Bill saw Jill . She was standing beside a Jockey who was
sporting Red and Blue silks . He mounted the horse with the name Jill's
Secret stitched on the saddlecloth .
Bill and Phil went over to Jill who smiled and stood still .
" So , I see you found my secret " Said Jill .
Jill's secret scored a five length win on her first start .
I don't know whoever said that secrets must be kept ,
because sometimes some secrets should be shared .

THE END
By Paul Mc Cann