Today I finished reading Spring fort, Pytte! by Ingrid Flygare. Three days ago, I was reading Du är bäst, Pytte! also by the same author. Both books were borrowed from the Huskvarna bibliotek.

Spring fort, Pytte! (Run fast, Pytte!) is a story about being the smallest of the lot and overcoming fear. Pytte is a 4-year-old Shetland pony. He lives at the Granbacken stable with three other horses named Sonja, Jumper, and Attila. Together, they have so much fun and are very supportive of one other.

In this story, to save his friend, Jumper, Pytte has to brave the dark and scary forest to get to the veterinarian who is on the other side of their Granbacken stable. Jumper has eaten some bad hay and is experiencing colic. None of the humans are around so the horses are now in desperation to get help. Being the smallest of the four horses, Pytte is the only who can get out of the paddock.

Pytte the brave little pony volunteers himself and off he goes venturing into the forest. What did Pytte find in there? Did he manage to save Jumper? One must read the book to find out!

The narration of the audio edition at Sveriges Radio is wonderful. I was reading along while listening to it and enjoying the pictures illustrated by the author herself. The other three books in the Pytte series are:

1. Du är bäst, Pytte! (Listen here) (Blog Post)

2. Du är för liten, Pytte! (Listen here)

3. En ny kompis, Pytte! (Listen here)

More about Pytte and his friends here (in Swedish).