Jumping Jack
Authors: Germano Zullo
First published in the United States of America in 2014 by
Chronicle Books LLC.
Originally published in Switzerland in 2013 under the title
Dada
, by
Editions La Joie de lire SA, 5 chemin Neuf, 1207 Genève-Switzerland.
Copyright © 2013 by Editions La Joie de lire SA.
Text by Germano Zullo.
Illustrations by Albertine.
English translation copyright © 2014 by Chronicle Books LLC.
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ISBN 978-1-4521-3152-8 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3672-1 (epub 2)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3674-5 (epub 3)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3673-8 (mobi)
ISBN 978-1-4521-3675-2 (epib)
English translation by Taylor Norman.
Design by Amy Yu Gray.
Typeset in Bodoni Egyptian.
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Jumping Jack and Roger Trotter were show-jumping champions. They were a perfect pair, practically invincible. You could almost say that Jack and Roger were two halves of the same person. Or two halves of the same horse. Or something.
Every year, the International Tournament of Primrose drew huge crowds. Jumping Jack and Roger Trotter were so talented that people came from all over the world to witness their glorious feats.
But, waitâwas this
really
the famous Jumping Jack and Roger Trotter?
What was happening?
They looked like amateurs . . .
. . . and very
bad
amateurs at that!
Such a disappointment!
Roger Trotter was worried. Very worried. Jumping Jack seemed to have lost his way. “We
must
figure out the cause of this terrible embarrassment,” Roger thought. There wasn't anything else to do but consult a veterinarian.
Poor Jumping Jack!
What if it was serious?
Jumping Jack was suffering from minor tendinitis in his front left hoof, a slightly contracted muscle in the buttocks, a bruised right hind hock, neuralgia in the neck, flatulence, the hint of a cavity, and an allergy to cat hair.
“Yikes!” thought Roger Trotter. “That sounds serious.”
“It isn't serious,” said the vet. “Mere boo-boos. Jumping Jack is a strong horse. None of these things should be causing him problems on the course.”
The veterinarian gave Jumping Jack some vitamins and sent him on his way.
“Perhaps Jack has simply lost faith in his abilities,” Roger thought. After all, it wasn't easy to be a celebrity. There wasn't anything else to do but consult a psychologist.
