The crowd thought the boy in the wheelchair was helpless-until the wild mustang lowered his head to his boots

pockets, watching but not hovering.

The first  child was a girl named Sophie.

She was nine, small for her age, with a purple helmet too large for her face and a safety vest that made her movements stiff. Two volunteers walked with her, one on either side but not touching. Nora had told Jonah that Sophie did not use spoken language often, especially in continue reading …