The horse and the boy (or girl – it looks like a young Petula Clark) are posed as if leaping over something that isn’t there. Perhaps the wizards who live in the village of giant butternut squashes have ensorceled them.
Like a streak of lightning flashing ‘cross the sky
Like the swiftest arrow whizzin’ from a bow
Like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly
You’ll hear about him everywhere you go
Jumping Genghis Khan that way, you know the name of
Champion the Wonder Horse! Champion the Wonder Hooooooorse!
“This is Owlflight Round-Up with the latest news from Valdemar…
“Villagers have reported that a boy named Nils was abducted this morning by a very strange man on horseback. The perpetrator wore a helmet and, reportedly, his legs were paper thin…”
August 10th, 2016 at 11:09 am
/me flips to the cartoons
August 10th, 2016 at 11:31 am
Looking at the legs of the boy and the horse, I would say this is Synchronized Dressage;
a long-discontinued Olympic event.
August 10th, 2016 at 11:32 am
Oh my god, that horse has a man growing out of his back.
August 10th, 2016 at 11:59 am
Why does that child have a gaping void in place of a left eyeball?
August 10th, 2016 at 11:59 am
Rider of Rohan! What news from the City Of People Who Live In Giant Benippled Lemons?
August 10th, 2016 at 12:58 pm
@fred: The latest news from Valdemar: A WARMHEARTED ELF MOLTS VENTS.
August 10th, 2016 at 1:12 pm
Young Baryshnikov discovers himself as he fleas the oppression of his Latvian home.
“Leap, my boy! Leap like you’ve never leapt before!”
August 10th, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Odd that the only creature showing any expression is the owl. Not even the horse seems interested in the drama going on behind his head.
August 10th, 2016 at 2:30 pm
By the way, I doubt that owl could fly, with those stubby wings.
August 10th, 2016 at 2:35 pm
@BC: who says it is flying? I wager you’d have that expression too if you fell off someone’s shoulder.
August 10th, 2016 at 2:38 pm
The horse and the boy (or girl – it looks like a young Petula Clark) are posed as if leaping over something that isn’t there. Perhaps the wizards who live in the village of giant butternut squashes have ensorceled them.
August 10th, 2016 at 2:41 pm
@DSWBT—yeah, like “Hey—wha’ happened?”
August 10th, 2016 at 2:50 pm
I’m pretty sure,that the owl is a stick on sticker from the
Guardian’s world of wildlife series !
August 10th, 2016 at 2:57 pm
Like a streak of lightning flashing ‘cross the sky
Like the swiftest arrow whizzin’ from a bow
Like a mighty cannonball he seems to fly
You’ll hear about him everywhere you go
Jumping Genghis Khan that way, you know the name of
Champion the Wonder Horse! Champion the Wonder Hooooooorse!
August 10th, 2016 at 5:46 pm
I know she’s married to the man, but perhaps Ms. Lackey should stop having Mr. Dixon do all of her covers? Because sometimes they’re like this.
August 12th, 2016 at 7:11 am
“This is Owlflight Round-Up with the latest news from Valdemar…
“Villagers have reported that a boy named Nils was abducted this morning by a very strange man on horseback. The perpetrator wore a helmet and, reportedly, his legs were paper thin…”
September 6th, 2016 at 11:24 pm
Spoilers for the sequel, OWLLANDING.