After two or three years of answering in the negative, it dawned on me that there was a story here, and I set about writing it down and illustrating it. Adams picture book is simple, amusing and touching. They go to the top of a mountain. They attend a party and do some line dancing. They play cards.
Clarence plays the wash tub in a cowboy band.
Each of these activities is illustrated with colorful, whimsical art. Clarence and Smoky have warm and enthusiastic personalities. Then they learn that the ranch is about to sell Smoky, who is getting too old to work. He doesn t know where old horses go. Well, here s a knotty problem.