he Hawk wood team worked hard all through the winter months. Nutty found the swimming difficult, but she kept trying and Nails helped her. He was growing more friendly now, and with his help Nutty began to get better quickly. If I can ride," he said, 'you can swim!' It was true that Nails could ride well now, but he still refused to change horses. "It's Firelight I'm riding in the competition," he said. "So why change?' The shooting was a problem. They had no guns and the lessons were very expensive. Nutty didn't know what they were going to do about it, but the competition wasn't until August, and they were getting better at the other things. Jazz and Hoomey had stopped taking the bus to school and ran there every day. It was Nutty herself who found the running difficult. So winter passed and spring came. More people started