"How is Mindy?" Cindy pursued.
"Ha! You know what that crazy girl did? When you weren't there to take Mr. Brent's message, she took it. But she didn't know Thunder's an outlaw, so she rode him bareback. Can you imagine that?"
Cindy asked anxiously, "Was she hurt?"
"With Mindy, Thunder's gentle as a kitten," Alec assured her. He grinned again. "She wore some of my old jeans and a shirt for the ride, and now she wears them all the time."
Cindy got to the next important detail. "Did you bring food?" she asked eagerly.
"Yup."
"What kind?"
"Potatoes," Alec said.
"Wonderful!"