Lines 13 and 14 suggest that the ponies – A have traveled far
B
are in a comfortable and familiar place
chave not had a chance to eat for a while
D are excited to see their visitors

i wish your neck was broken, i just wish she was sitting there on this saddle, and could not get off it, instead of my having to drag it along on my back, and his third wish be that she should be quit of the saddle, and able to get off it.

the story is told by a young girl who loves reading journals and listening to radio. she seems as an attentive and joyful girl. however, when the story unravels later this turns out to be upside down. she is actually a naive girl.  

she meets with a boy while skating and he tells her that will call her. the problem of the story epitomizes here because he never calls and she acknowledges the fact that she is not a foolish. indeed, her communication with the boy identifies their relationship after all. it is somehow the struggle between emotional and physical engagement which we can only observe the latter one from the boy’s side. so that, the conflict is disclosed how it has been presented in the beginning where the girl believes that she is not a fool. the reader questions her self-confidence and understanding, as well as her sincerity.