The EightLegged Horse Author:James M Ortega The faith and determination of a little girl helps a horse overcome its birth defects and become a winner — Alice is a ten-year-old girl, whose family horse gives birth to a freak: a colt with eight legs. Alice begs her father to spare the horse, and she then helps it to overcome its handicap. In spite of breaking one of its extra legs twi... more »ce, it develops into a good racehorse. In its first real race, however, it breaks that same leg again but still wins the race.« less