"When I visited my Aunt Clara's ranch in Nevada last year, this wasn't exactly the work placement I'd been expecting. And when my cousins Becky and Sarah said they'd been looking forward to playing with me, I just thought it was a childish turn of phrase - not a literal statement!

"Still, judging by the condition of some of the other three dozen or so other girls in the same pickle, this is one new job with excellent long-term prospects... oh no! She's coming after me again..!"

Pony wranglin'! Yee-ha!