| The | 1 |
| SUNBRIDGE GIRLS | 1 |
| At | 1 |
| SIX STAR RANCH | 1 |
| Chapter 13 | 1 |
| ACTIVITY | 1 |
| Adventure | 1 |
| Robyn Smith | 1 |
| Now saddle up and join the adventure! | 2 |
| Our goal is to help young readers become careful observers, thoughtful thinkers, and responsible Pony Partners who are learning to become someone animals and humans can trust. | 3 |
| The Original 1913 Cover | 4 |
| The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch was published in 1913 under Eleanor H. Porter’s pen name, Eleanor Stuart. | 4 |
| Meet the Original Creators | 5 |
| The Author | 5 |
| A Name to Notice | 5 |
| Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920) | 5 |
| Did You Know? | 5 |
| The Illustrator | 5 |
| “Follow me—quick!” he ordered. | 5 |
| Illustration by Frank J. Murch, 1913 | 5 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT | 6 |
| Introduction | 7 |
| INTRODUCTION | 7 |
| Welcome to Chapter 13 of The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch! | 7 |
| PRE-CHECK YOUR EQ: | 8 |
| TRAIL WORD ROUND-UP | 8 |
| Kick off your trail adventure by testing your TRUE EQ trail vocabulary. | 8 |
| Write the correct word from the corral on each blank. | 8 |
| WORD CORRAL | 8 |
| sidesaddle | 8 |
| prairie | 8 |
| skirts | 8 |
| broncho | 8 |
| stampede | 8 |
| round-up | 8 |
| guard | 8 |
| corralled | 8 |
| stock | 8 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (1) | 9 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (1) | 10 |
| Pressured or Prepared? | 11 |
| The Hexagons are excited to ride, but Cordelia is uncertain. Some details may help her decide whether the ride is a safe choice. Other words may make her feel that she must ride to please her friends. A wise Pony Partner learns to recognize the difference between being prepared and being pressured. | 11 |
| Which story clues suggest that the girls and ponies are prepared for the ride? | 11 |
| Which words or expectations might make Cordelia feel pressured to go? | 11 |
| What seems to influence Cordelia’s decision most: the preparation, pressure, or both? Use one story clue as evidence. | 11 |
| Have you figured out what or who the Happy Hexagons are yet? | 11 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 11 |
| Happy Hexagons mystery: | 11 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (2) | 12 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (3) | 13 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (4) | 14 |
| There were callers at the ranch house, too. | 14 |
| Sometimes a cowboy from a neighboring ranch came to look after a lost pony, or to see if his cattle had strayed off the range through a broken fence. | 14 |
| Sometimes a hunter or trapper would stop for a chat on his way to or from Bolo. | 14 |
| Once Susie Billings in her khaki suit and cowboy hat came to spend the day; and once, on Sunday, Mr. Jones came to hold service again. | 14 |
| Much to the girls' disappointment, Quentina did not come with him. The mother's foot was better, Mr. Jones said, but the twins had come down with the whooping cough, and poor Quentina could not be spared to leave home. | 14 |
| Sometimes a score of men and teams and cowboys with their strings of horses would pass on their way to a round-up; and once two huge prairie schooners "docked in the yard," as Tilly termed it; and their weary owners, at Mr. Hartley's invitation, stopped for a night's rest. | 14 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 14 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (5) | 15 |
| That was, indeed, a time of great excitement for the Happy Hexagons, for under Genevieve's fearless leadership they promptly made friends with the sallow-faced women and the forlorn children, and soon were shown the mysteries of the inside of the wagon-homes. | 15 |
| "Mercy! it looks just like play housekeeping; doesn't it?" gurgled Tilly. | 15 |
| "But it isn't play at all, my dear," replied one of the women, a little sadly. "Seems now like as if I ever had a home again what stayed put, that I'd be happy, no matter where 'twas. Ain't that the way you feel, Mis' Higgins?" | 15 |
| "Yes," nodded the other woman, dully, from her perch on the driver's seat. "But I reckon my man ain't never goin' ter quit wheelin', now." | 15 |
| Even Genevieve seemed scarcely to know what to reply to this; but a few minutes later she had succeeded in gaining the confidence of the several children hanging about their mothers' skirts. | 15 |
| Laughingly, then, the young people trooped away together to look at the flowers—all but Cordelia Wilson. | 15 |
| Cordelia remained behind with the two women. | 15 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 15 |
| See Their Side | 15 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (6) | 16 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (7) | 17 |
| Bridle Trail Detective Skills | 18 |
| Evidence, Guess, or Assumption? | 18 |
| PRACTICE BRIDLE TRAIL DETECTIVE SKILLS | 18 |
| Decide whether it is: | 18 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 19 |
| Bridle Trail | 19 |
| Detective Skills | 19 |
| Clue Corral | 19 |
| Evidence, Guess, or Assumption? | 19 |
| Evidence | 19 |
| What the story actually tells you. | 19 |
| Guess | 19 |
| A possible answer that still needs checking. | 19 |
| Assumption | 19 |
| A guess treated as true before there is enough evidence. | 19 |
| Clue Corrals: | 19 |
| Example | 19 |
| Think About It | 19 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (8) | 20 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (9) | 21 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (10) | 22 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (11) | 23 |
| “I think not. It’s a bunch of cattle, I reckon. I think I make out the guards riding round them.” | 23 |
| “What is it, Mr. Tim?” Genevieve and the other girls had caught up with them now. | 23 |
| “Cattle—over there. See?” explained Mr. Tim, briefly. | 23 |
| At that moment the moon came out unusually clear. | 23 |
| “I can see two men on horseback, passing each other,” cried Bertha. | 23 |
| Mr. Tim nodded. | 23 |
| “Yes—the guard. They ride around the bunch in opposite ways, you know.” | 23 |
| “Let’s go nearer! I want to see,” proposed Tilly, | 23 |
| trying to quiet the restless movements of her pony. | 23 |
| The man shook his head. | 23 |
| “I reckon not, Miss Tilly. A stampede ain’t what I’m | 23 |
| looking for to amuse you all to-night.” | 23 |
| “What’s a stampede?” asked Tilly. | 23 |
| “Mr. Tim, look—quick!” Genevieve’s voice was urgent, a little frightened. But the man had not needed that. | 23 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 23 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (12) | 24 |
| THE PRAIRIE - AND MOONLIGHT (13) | 25 |
| READ • EXPLORE • ASPIRE • LEARN | 26 |
| HISTORY IN HINDSIGHT | 26 |
| RIDING IN 1913 - READY TO RIDE? | 26 |
| HORSES & GUARDS AT WORK | 26 |
| CHUCKWAGON ON THE MOVE | 26 |
| READ • EXPLORE • ASPIRE • LEARN | 27 |
| HISTORY IN HINDSIGHT | 27 |
| HISTORY IN HINDSIGHT | 27 |
| Riding in 1913 | 27 |
| A “Habit” Was Clothing | 27 |
| Do people still ride sidesaddle today? | 27 |
| READ • EXPLORE • ASPIRE • LEARN | 28 |
| HISTORY IN HINDSIGHT | 28 |
| RIDING IN 1913 | 28 |
| Riding Then & Now - Make the Safer Match | 28 |
| TODAY’S SAFER RIDING CHOICES | 28 |
| Wise Horsemanship Closing Reflection | 29 |
| Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of the trail! | 29 |
| THINK BACK OVER THE ADVENTURE: | 29 |
| FIND THE NUGGET | 29 |
| Wise Horsemanship begins with noticing, learning, and choosing what helps the horse. | 29 |
| Trail Vocabulary Word Hunt: | 30 |
| Gold Nugget Challenge | 30 |
| Bonus Trail Activities | 31 |
| You Made It to the Bonus Trail! | 31 |
| SG Bridle Trail Word Search | 32 |
| Mini’s Trail Tip: Words travel across, down, and diagonally. | 32 |
| BONUS TRAIL ACTIVITY | 33 |
| Two Kinds of Schooners | 33 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 33 |
| Look closely at both pictures. | 33 |
| Color the two schooners, background, and horses. | 33 |
| Your Starting Trail: | 34 |
| YOU MADE IT! | 34 |
| BONUS TRAIL VOCABULARY POEM | 36 |
| The ponies were __________-steady and true, | 36 |
| Mr. Tim guaranteed they knew what to do. | 36 |
| The girls would not ride __________, with legs on each side; | 36 |
| They mounted sidesaddle before the trail ride. | 36 |
| Though nervous, the girls __________ themselves with grace, | 36 |
| And cheers from the boys brought smiles to each face. | 36 |
| At noon, a __________ brought rest from the heat, | 36 |
| A nap in the shade made the day feel complete. | 36 |
| The traveling children looked __________ and worn, | 36 |
| Their wagon-home journey continued each morn. | 36 |
| A missing young woman had __________ long ago; | 36 |
| She married in secret—but where did she go? | 36 |
| Cordelia __________, her voice full of fright; | 36 |
| It trembled and shook in the soft morning light. | 36 |
| The cattle were __________, a dark, churning tide, | 36 |
| While ponies and riders raced safely aside. | 36 |
| At last they __________ their horses to slow, | 36 |
| Then watched the herd in the moon’s silver glow. | 36 |
| MINI-PAUSE | 36 |
| WANTED! | 36 |
| WORDS TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE | 36 |
| astride | 36 |
| acquitted | 36 |
| quavered | 36 |
| siesta | 36 |
| warranted | 36 |
| eloped | 36 |
| forlorn | 36 |
| seething | 36 |
| reined in | 36 |
| Across | 38 |
| Down | 38 |
| Bridle Trail Crossword | 39 |
| Bridle Trail Word Scramble | 37 |
| Mini’s Trail Tip: The trail words got mixed up. | 37 |
| Can you put them back in order? | 37 |
| RAIPIER OISEPN NBOCROH SILSDEEDAD SSKRTI NPURODU OEHRSOESH NTGOLOMHI CELTTA EPMDTESA ADOECIRL AGXNEOSH | 37 |
| Secret Trail Phrase: | 37 |
| WHAT IS A PUBLIC-DOMAIN WORK? | 41 |
| BEHIND THE BOOK | 42 |
| Sources & Credits | 42 |
| ORIGINAL STORY | 42 |
| NEW RISEUP EQ MATERIAL | 42 |
| HISTORICAL IMAGES | 42 |
| WHY WE CREDIT THE ORIGINAL CREATORS | 42 |
| Answer Key: | 43 |
| Pre-check Your EQ: Round-up | 43 |
| Pressured or Prepared? | 43 |
| Bridle Trail Word Search | 43 |
| Clue Corral | 43 |
| Clue Corral: Think About It | 43 |
| Riding Then & Now - Safer Riding Choices | 43 |
| C, D, E, F, A, B | 43 |
| Recheck Your EQ: | 43 |
| Follow the Trail | 43 |
| TRAILSSAXXSTORRNICCHQQ | 43 |
| SSAXXSTORRNICCHQQ | 43 |
| SAXXSTORRNICCHQQ | 43 |
| SAXSTORRNICCHQQ | 43 |
| SAXSTORRNICHQQ | 43 |
| SAXSTORRNICHQ | 43 |
| SAXSTORRNICH | 43 |
| SIXSTORRNICH | 43 |
| SIXSTARRNICH | 43 |
| SIXSTARRINCH | 43 |
| SIXSTARRANCH | 43 |
| Bonus Trail Vocabulary Poem | 43 |
| Across | 44 |