Bubbles & Minkie
Look For a Job
**** Told by Bubbles ****

 

Bubbles

First of all I'd like to introduce you to my friend Minkie. A lot of people ask if we are twins as we look so alike, but we're not:

I'm English and He's American
In fact, he's a little globetrotter.
He's been to 10 different countries, lucky boy
and I've been no where other than...
...London, Twineham and beautiful Bexhill on sea!

Minkie

Now back to business. Both Minkie and I would like to be pony models because we really enjoy showing off. Well I do but I'm not quite so sure about Minkie but, we have one problem, and that's ... We haven't got a horse box to take us to any shows so we asked Dad if he would be kind enough to buy us one?

He said, "He was really sorry he honestly couldn't afford to", so we thought we’d better try and earn the money ourselves.

Have you got any ideas Minkie?

We had a brief discussion as to what we could do, Then suddenly I had a brain wave... I said to Minkie.

"You know we're also good at boxing. "Lets ask Dad if he'll arrange a fight for us, we’d certainly make some money that way.

Great idea Bubbles. Look, Dads over there lets go and ask him. Dad, we've thought of a brilliant way of earning that money to buy a horse box, and how's that he replied?

We certainly have a lot of practice.

I told him and he just laughed and said, "No definitely not. What stupid idea are you going to come up with next?"

Minkie then suggested that perhaps our friend Hugh, who runs the farm next door, might have a job for us, so we trotted off to find him. He saw us coming and came out of the barn and said.


Hugh. Please have you got any jobs going?

"Hello Bubbles and Minkie. What can I do for you two to-day?" I said, "Hugh, have you got any jobs going?" He just looked at us and laughed! You're too small to do anything, unless of course you're stronger than you look. Yes we are, I replied, alright then, if I get a harness made for you both, perhaps you could pull the farm cart together that I'm thinking of buying. I want to start doing farm tours. If you two little tough guys think that you can do it, then the jobs yours. I said to him, "Don't be so stupid Hugh. You're just making fun of us now! We’re strong, but not that strong. Come on Minkie, let's go. There must be something else we can do.".

I told you I was good!

I’ve just had a thought, Bubbles. “I’m good with young children so I could teach tiny tots to ride and charge £1 a time and you’re good at jumping so you could teach little one’s to jump and charge £2.” “Brilliant idea Minkie.”

Minkie just loves little children.

We’ll soon earn lots of money to buy us a little horse box and a Romany Gypsy Wagon for Mum and Dad, which is something they’ve always wanted, so they can go away for a week end break and trek around the beautiful Sussex country side. Hang on Bubbles, you’re getting really carried away now, we’ve got to earn the money first, and also, who’s going to look after us while they’re away?

Molly, who lives down the road has always said to Mum that, “if they ever wants to go away for a holiday, she would be more than happy to look after us all and her husband Jim, kindly has said “ that when Mum and Dad get their Wagon they can always borrow his welsh cob, called Charlie to pull it with.

Four months later, Minkie and I have earned a lot of money, not just by giving little children lessons, but by doing some adverts for TV and magazines as well. With the money we earned, we bought a small second-hand horse box.


The Romany Wagon we have bought for Mum and Dad.

We also found a pretty little Romany Gypsy wagon for Mum and Dad to make their … “dream come true.” They were so grateful and a couple of weeks later set off on their first adventure with Charlie and went trekking over the beautiful Ashdown Forest.

On their return, Dad said to Minkie and me “that they enjoyed themselves so much that they’re going to hire the Wagon out to other people so they can have as much fun with it as they did and also the money earned will go to help run the farm and pay, not just for Minkie and I, but all the other ponies to be able to go to shows and gymkhanas with tiny children.