It refused to move any further, and its front feet were planted hard on the ground. It was a very big, thin, tired brown horse. Just then Nurty saw her sister Gloria and two boys-Seb and his friend watching from the road. and laughing at the horses. If you've come to spy, you can go away again! Nutty shouted at them angrily, "And don't laugh at the horses they may not look much now, but they were all famous once. Hoomey wondered if this was true. Was his old Bones really a famous racehorse? The parents were busy getting the factory ready and Hoomey began to realize that horses made work.oh, well, the parents were probably going to do it all.